I just finished this – it was incredible.

I remembered watching the movie when I was younger. All I could remember from it though was a pigs head and the fact that I didn’t particularly like the movie towards the end and that it had something to do with a horse..
I didn’t remember why until (while reading the book) I was reading about Boxer. Although I remembered while reading about Boxer’s character that I was depressed about this character.
Other than that the book was great, the writing was a bit frusterating at first with the excessive use of names but still overall a good book :D.

i just re-read it after long time and was amazed with how differently i understood it this time, plus how profound and deep his ideas are while the telling manner is of a fairy tale. If u have lived in the era of communism and/or turbulent revolutions, definitely recommended.

just reread this a couple weeks ago. its really really good.

I pretty will contradict myself with this. However, the book was well written. Since it was based on history, the stupidity of the people pissed me off.