Title: Excellent for Brutally Honest Introspection
Product review: In this raw novel Tolstoy unleashes his strongest and most poignant social criticisms and displays his deep understanding of human nature. It's an uncomfortable read because of its piercing ability to dig through layers of self-deception and make readers face themselves with total honesty. Anyone who appreciates Arbinger Institute material, such as The Bonds that Make us Free and The Anatomy of Peace, should read this book.This doesn't quite achieve the power of other classics, such as Les Miserables, Uncle Tom's Cabin, War and Peace, and the Brothers Karamazov, but it definitely belongs in the same class.Tolstoy forces you to confront societal flaws, but some of his thinking in this novel smacks as unrealistically utopian. However, this makes for great discussion material.
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