Was a little slow in the beginning but very intriguing, it rapidly picked up in the 2nd half of the book.
It had its moments, but it also had parts where it dragged. The ending was also horrifically bad.
Lenin writes a lot of correct things about the relations of the current state apparatus to capital, and a lot of quotes feel like they're picked out of a modern political conversation. Although, it feels as if he's retconning a lot of Marx and Engel's work while injecting his own interpretation into them. His hostility towards anarchists is apparent even though he admits they're working towards a similar end goal.
Some parts were a drag, others were pleasant.
The story lines were split. The one about the girls was entertaining, but the one about the husband and wife got a bit tedious and infuriating. The end was worth it though.
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