This is a difficult one to rate. Like Anna Karenina, it’s surprisingly readable, despite its reputation. I liked the drama part - the story about Pierre, Natasha, Andrei, Marya, Nikolai, Helene, etc. But I didn’t care as much about the war part of the book. It was interesting to see Tolstoy’s late 1800s commentary about Napoleon and Alexander, but a lot of the battle stuff just felt like a long digression from the interesting part of the story. The main characters all kind of suck, but in an interesting way. And I enjoyed watching them change and grow by the end of the book. I see why it’s a lasting classic. On the other hand hand. By the second epilogue, I was ready for the book to end!