A review by elizabethmercas
Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

exceptional in the first 200 pages, frustratingly bad and lacking in any structure whatsoever in the second half.
such a disappointment.

...and the love story??? which is supposedly the core of the novel?
criminally underdeveloped.
Twilight was a better love story than this. we're just told that they loved each other and we're supposed to just go with the flow.
the had 3 conversations total !!! - one of which gave me second hand embarrassment.