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mchapmansydney's review
5.0
Kind of blue balled us by leaving out his beliefs at the end there and just ripping out a sick dream metaphor but go off I guess
sekhmetsgalaxy's review against another edition
4.0
Bonne lecture. Certains passages requièrent que l’on s’interroge plus longuement sur leur portée. Cela étant dit, je m’étonne de parvenir à retrouver un semblant de sens à la Vie par l’intermédiaire de la lecture de cet ouvrage, et donc de la Connaissance, tandis que l’essence même de son propos est justement que la Vérité et le Sens de la Vie n’est pas dans la Connaissance mais dans la Foi.
alanffm's review
4.0
A particularly lucid examination of death and the existential crisis a life lived without faith can incur. Tolstoy's language is so clear that it puts other existentialists, like Sartre, Kierkegaard, and Camus, to shame - as what takes them several pages to explore only takes Tolstoy a couple lines to explain. This is not to say, however, that A Confession is without its flaws. Loose logic and a blind love for the poor are problematic and Tolstoy's inability to see how those who do not suffer from poverty can ever find meaning in life is troubling.
Nevertheless, an extremely interesting read.
Nevertheless, an extremely interesting read.
hades9stages's review against another edition
5.0
incredible, especially the first half. definitely will re read
sir_thaven's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.25