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back on the horse. time to finish this beast.

so bizarrely entertaining. the chapters are by turn hilarious - and not in like an "oh, this is just a riot!" way, but a straight-up "hayaHAAA" on a crowded bus kind of way - and gripping. my favorite part so far is a first-person chapter with the narrator talking about such and such, getting more drunk as the chapter progresses, as his flask empties, and what starts off as amusing becomes dark and deeply moving.

this book and i are still just flirting with each other, but i can tell that we're either not going to connect, or that if we do connect, it's gonna rip me apart and effect some constitutional change in my character. there's a lot to chew on here.

halfway thru and completely in love, but i've reached the point where Tolstoy makes a sharp turn in the narrative to discuss his own theories of history. these chapters are like traversing the Mojave: it's f*cking dry. but at this point i'm hellbent on finishing this beast; i've come too far to turn back now (i hear those of us who complete it get team jackets).