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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, Louise Maude

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elkiebear's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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knenigans's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I did not love the story or the overarching message but I did very much enjoy the writing and it is clear why this remains so popular.

I wish I had read this novel when I was 15, I think that would've been the perfect age for me to fully appreciate it.

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reginahafner_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

such an interesting character study! genuinely a book written so early on where there are conflicts and traits going on with every character, which i like. no one is plain. really easy to understand too. i find some classics to be confusing. even though this book is intimidating it’s easy to be absorbed into the story. i’m glad this was my first entry into russian lit, i will be going down it’s windy path. also kitty is my favorite <3

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molly_greenshields's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

She's only gone and completed one of her biggest literary goals of the year! After all, isn't Anna Karenina one of the greatest works of literature of all time? And although I went into this 800+ page beast... slightly daunted to say the least, I actually ended up having a lot of fun! I was living for the sheer drama and scandal of Russian Society (fair warning: Anna Karenina is just the tip of the iceberg), and Tolstoy's prose was just stunning (it's true that he actually had me laughing aloud from time to time) Loved, loved, loved.

I will readily admit, however, that I did skim over Levin's musings on scythes and agriculture...

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sarasreading's review against another edition

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informative reflective sad slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I finished Anna Karenina! Or should I say Konstantin Levin? It really felt like he was the main character. Then I went to Goodreads and read the blurb, "Levin is a reflection of Tolstoy himself, often expressing the author's own views and convictions." Levin is a Mary Sue lol! Everything makes so much sense now. He was a much more compelling character to me, and he's in so much more of the book.

It's strange, because while I never felt much emotion while reading this, I was rarely, if ever, bored. It held my interest through the entire thing. That's saying something for a book this long with a relatively simple plot and almost no forward momentum. It was also very easy to understand, aside from several characters going by multiple names.

I think if you like classics and aren't intimidated by how thick this is, give it a go.

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