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Anna K by Jenny Lee

28 reviews

carlyhearts's review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Infidelity

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Racism, and Cursing

decklededgess's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

trigger warnings: sexual content (characters are under 18), drug and alcohol abuse, addiction, overdosing, rehabilitation, depression, suicide ideation, suicide attempt, self harm mention, vehicle accident, death by train, animal harm/death, emotionally abusive parents, infidelity, sexual harassment and cyber bullying, vomit, fatphobia, racism, classism, slut shaming, emotional incest


Idk who or what have me the idea but this book is not sapphic? There is one sapphic character who is like basically background. No wlw here in the main cast. 

Other than that disappointment this book was phenomenal. A very xoxo Gossip Girl touch to Anna Karenina which seems apt from what I know about the original text. 

The wealth disparity and lack of relatability of thee wealthy ass kids made the trauma a but more distant so I could read the book without internalising too much. 

It’s beautifully written and I loved the chaos that third person omniscient pov provided to the narrative. 

Excited for the next one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, and Vomit

Minor: Abortion

crystalmethany's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Sexual content, Alcohol, Sexism, Infidelity, and Cursing

Moderate: Animal death and Addiction

Minor: Medical content and Mental illness

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

emotional funny medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Sexism, Misogyny, Infidelity, Grief, Car accident, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Racism and Blood

gabbygarcia's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Fun audiobook! Though I don't think I would have enjoyed it so much if I hadn't listened to it... 
Jenna Ushkowitz is perfect. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Racism, and Sexism

egmamaril's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Infidelity, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Death, and Drug abuse

setgalvin22's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting and Infidelity

whatcaitreads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I was fully unprepared for how dramatic this book would become.

I expected a Gossip Girl-esqe “rich kids making mistakes” story which I’m normally a fan of but Part Three of this book really took me by surprise. The ending felt very rushed and off the rails for what I expected.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug use and Infidelity

theespressoedition's review

challenging funny tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I really struggled with this book. When I started reading it, it felt like a fun mix of Crazy Rich Asians and Gossip Girl blended together. The teenage drama and angst mixed with a bit of comedy. There was the hijinks, the tabloids, the money, the sex. 

But there were so many characters to follow and that made it challenging right off the bat. I know there was a cast of characters listed in the book, but listening to an audiobook, I couldn't easily access those to keep track. And even if I had been reading a physical copy, I think I would've gotten confused. There were even super similar names that had me feeling upside down and backward a few times.

In addition, the fact that this book was YA with such intense sexual overtones made me really uncomfortable. It's one thing to read about it when it's an adult book, but we were talking about 15-year-olds watching other kids have sex (and describing the acts) and that just made me feel gross.

I know the story of Anna Karenina, so I wasn't terribly surprised by the way things played out, since it followed that storyline pretty closely. The whole book was just incredibly long for not much actually happening - or a lot happening but nothing fruitful? I don't know, but it wasn't what I hoped for, I guess.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Drug use, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

sfbookgirl's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Perfect for fans of Gossip Girl, Anna K is a juicy story that revolves around young New York City socialite Anna K and her friends. Anna’s oh-so-perfect life is filled with parties, elegance, and her perfect boyfriend Alexander, but when Anna K meets Alexia “Count” Vronsky for the first time, she can’t help but fall in love. Based on Leo Tolstoy's, Anna Karenina, Anna K is one not to miss. I have never read Anna Karenina, but I looked up the book’s Wikipedia page after finishing Anna K and marveled at the similarities. 

Jenny Lee provides her relatable (despite how dang rich they are) characters with depth and incorporates Asian and Jewish representation that I found to be well-researched. I did think the book was a little too long and some elements lost my full attention, but I can safely say that I definitely don’t need to read Anna Karenina as Jenny Lee’s version is a lot juicer. I am currently reading the sequel, Anna K Away and I’m loving every second of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Bullying, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Infidelity