The epic novel of Russia in the throes of revolution and one of the greatest love stories ever told.

Happy Christmas from your Secret Santa.

Thank you Santa, you have really been very generous and the chocolate looks lovely - have a lovely day and a happy new year to you too :)

4 April 15 - sorry it has taken me so long to get this book. It took me a while to get into this, the Russian names take a bit of getting used to, not helped by the fact that one person can be refered to in a few different ways. I also felt that if I had more knowledge of Russian history this may have helped me understand what was going on more. That said parts of the story were interesting, and parts could probably have been removed without effecting the story. The greatest love story ever told? I would say Dr Zhivago was a man not able to commit to one wife and seemed to drop them when he wanted, maybe the love story was lost in translation. I would be interested to see how it is portrayed in the film.

Sent on as part of the Wishlist tag game.

Many thanks for tagging me with this book it was a very pleasant surprise as was the bonus book.I look forward to reading it.

Now firstly I ought to admit that I have never seen the movie, basically because I've not really fancied it especially as I believe that it's in excess of three hours long, therefore I didn't really know what to expect other than what the blurb on the book says, "One of the greatest love stories ever told". However, it didn't really hit my expectations. I found it hard to take to Yury. Now whilst he appears to love both Tanya and Lara passionately he was also somewhat prone to abandoning them just as he also does later on to Marina. Also he seems somewhat vain somehow feeling himself superior to those around him or perhaps instead he prefers to surround himself with inferior people. On top of this is the usual fact that like most Russian novels this one is heavy in characters sometimes making it hard to keep track of who is whom and where they fit in the overall story. Now whilst I don't doubt that it deserves to be considered a classic it failed to really grip me and I found it a bit of a slog. As such I only found it OK.

Spotted this on a wishlist so moving on to hopefully make a new friend. Enjoy!

Thanks so much looking forward to reading it!