ITT: novels that start out weak but become 10/10 once the characters

>>7589343
>that book you have to skip thousands pages to get in the interesting part

>>7589343
that novel started out great

>>7589343

I was adoring Oblonsky in the span of 10 pages mate. Just made it to part 3 a few minutes ago. What are you on about?

>>7589343
The first page of Anna Karenin(a) was the only part of the novel I enjoyed.

Tolstoy is fucking pleb shit brah. Just rich cunts and no deep messages or deep themes. Read Dosty, he's way more fucking complex and has real messages

>>7589430
Reddit is calling for you

>>7589456
Um I'm fairly sure I'm not Reddit. I read for the themes and messages brah, not pleb shit.

>>7589493
hello reddit please go back to r/books

>>7589501
I'm from /mu/ so I'm probably more patrician then you.

>>7589430
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>>7589504
You are wrong with this board. Actually discuss the book or leave.

>>7589504
this is some new bait. i like it. carry on.

>>7589504
>then
>Tolstoy has no themes
Fuck off faggot. Damn you really are retarded

>>7589343
The beginning is literally perfect. Everything about it is literally perfect desu.

>>7589493
>>7589430
>he doesn't get realism

How pleb can you get?

>>7589367
Oblonsky is the best bro a guy could have. Levin would be that recluse friend you always try to invite over but declines 80% of the time.

>>7589343
AK had a very beautiful start. The book is pretty much perfect.

>>7589579
>The book is pretty much perfect.
why?

>"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
>bad start

>>7589586
It's continually extraordinary, that what's so amazing about it. Tolstoy never stops describing some of the most real emotions in perfect detail. One section that focuses on a character for 20 pages contains more than most books, and there are dozens of those sections.

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>>7589343

Under the Volcano

the first chapter (50 pages) is a huge slog to many first time readers, but it is essential to setting up the later chapters, where you're rewarded with beautiful prose