I am avoiding some of the other things on this list!

That said, I might give it a rest for a while as there are so many other books I want to read. These ones have been sitting around for so long they feel a bit stale.

I really liked it, particularly once I got past the first few chapters (I hadn’t read much of it either before I abandoned it for something else – must rectify this habit!). I think translation would make a big difference, though. I read the Pevear/Volokhonsky, although I didn’t research beforehand.