logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code

Doctor Zhivago - Community Reviews back

by Boris Pasternak, Max Hayward, Manya Harari, Bernard Guilbert Guerney
sort by language
The Golden Darter
The Golden Darter rated it 13 years ago
I tried... I really did... Couldn't get more than 50 pages in before I had to give up. The story and the writing wasn't holding my interest and the plethora of names the author throws at you gets confusing pretty quickly. Might come back to it at another time...
elisas8
elisas8 rated it 13 years ago
it's not the fault of this book that it took me so long to read. i actually quite liked most of it. it would help to know more russian history, but i think i got the important points. more than the story, though, i enjoyed the writing, especially early on.
Kinga's Books
Kinga's Books rated it 14 years ago
This is going to be a difficult review to write as I have developed a real love-hate relationship with this book.It is an epic story about a man, who is supposed to be this tragic hero separated from the women he loved by the cruel times of revolution and civil war. If you ask me, he was just a phil...
AmySea
AmySea rated it 14 years ago
I know this book is a classic. I felt absolutely no compassion for the main characters.
Hipster Ariel's Literary Grotto
Hipster Ariel's Literary Grotto rated it 15 years ago
An enchanting novel. I loved how Pasternak really drew one in and created such likeable characters. Usually, I'm not too big on classics, but Pasternak's writing style is concise and, unlike a lot of classic writings, not tedious, so they are more reader friendly. I think this is a book that everybo...
Tomes and Tea Leaves
Tomes and Tea Leaves rated it 20 years ago
Reviewing a classic is always difficult business. Most people are likely familiar with the storyline, if only from the Omar Sharif film. Pasternak tells the story of an elite doctor and his family whose lives are thrown into turmoil by the Russian Revolution. During the revolution Zhivago loses his ...
Need help?