{"id":1397,"date":"2011-10-16T21:58:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T20:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2011-10-16T21:59:13","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T20:59:13","slug":"the-war-and-peace-o-meter-week-seventeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monkeyshines.co.uk\/blog\/the-war-and-peace-o-meter-week-seventeen\/","title":{"rendered":"The War-and-Peace-O-Meter: Week Seventeen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nPrevious weeks: 0<\/a>, 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>, 3<\/a>, 4<\/a>, 5<\/a>, 6<\/a>, 7<\/a>, 8<\/a>, 9<\/a>, 11<\/a>, 12<\/a>, 13<\/a>, 14<\/a>, 16<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

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\nAnd so we come to the end. I started<\/a> War and Peace<\/em> five months ago. Since then there have been riots on the streets of London, and the News of the World<\/em> has closed due to the phone-hacking scandal. And on a more cheerful note, Mrs Monkeyshines and I managed to introduce a cute little monkey<\/a> to the world.\n<\/p>\n

\nWar and Peace<\/em> is unquestionably brilliant, and I enjoyed the characters, the history, and the slightly smug satisfaction one gets from reading such an immense work of literature. A more detailed review would be somewhat futile at this point; wittering on about how marvellous it is isn’t particularly ground-breaking, and I’m not presumptuous enough to think that I have any new insights.\n<\/p>\n

\nI’m pleased that I got round to reading it, but I am now looking forward to a bit of a change of pace with my next book. I’ve already started The Midas Code<\/em> by Boyd Morrison; sample paragraph (yes, paragraph): “Rohypnol. Otherwise known as roofies. The date-rape drug. He had put it in her coffee.” Amazing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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