I got an English translation of War and Peace as a gift, so I want to do my best to read it. And I understand that they might be difficult to read by even native speakers, but they read them somehow right? I'm just trying to get to that somehow hahah

This does sound helpful! I'll give it a shot :)

War and Peace is the outlier, because I was gifted an English translation, and I want to be able to read it. As for why I want to read them in English, I suppose it's a pride thing. I consider my English very advanced, so it irks me that I'm hitting a wall when it comes to these books. So yeah, I guess I just want to improve to a point where they're not as scary, hahah

Thank you!