Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
My Rating: 2/5 stars
The story of Yuri Zhivago, a Doctor, as he goes through the Russian Revolution.
As I finished Doctor Zhivago I had no idea what to make of it in the end. There were indeed parts that were good and made me really like the story but it just wasn't enough. The biggest problem of the story, in my opinion, is that it's historical fiction with emphasis on historical. It delves greatly on the history of the Russian Revolution but creates no depth for it's characters and as a result the story doesn't come alive. What could have been a great adventure is instead a long and tedious drive at the end of which you're screaming "Thank God it's over!" and it's never a good sing if at the end of the book one is just glad that it's finally over and if reading it was an uphill struggle.
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