Excellent. I'm not sure if every version has this, but I really enjoyed the section with "Yuri's" poems at the end. There's something about Pasternak's style that makes his writing clearer than a few other famous Russian writers (ex. Dostoevsky), without losing that voice that makes him distinguishable as a Russian writer (this could be do to the work of translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky). After having only seen the movie and never read the book, I highly recommend this to anyone who loves the story and wants to experience the drama without the "hollywoodization."