[King Hadas]

I only read the first chapter of War & Peace. A lot of it was in french with no translation, don't know if this was artistic or if the translators expected me to know french but I couldn't find the energy to go on. Never had that problem with Doestoyevsy, I burn through Dostoyevsky's stuff without ever breaking pace. I've only read his three most famous works though (Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov), not sure about his other books like The Gambler or Demons.

@Zhukov - I had the same problem with The Wasp Factory, the ending was spoiled for me before I even started reading it. It's still pretty good even if you know how it ends.