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Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

3.97 AVERAGE

ellasalminenn's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

previouslyanewt's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

paridam's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hjaako's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tiril_allette's review against another edition

3.75

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

miru16's review against another edition

4.0

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

teresika's review against another edition

5.0

No pensé que me fuera a gustar tanto este libro, a parte del romance de Anna Karenina y de los muchos salseos que tiene durante el libro, también trata temas varios como la sociedad, la política y la religión que había en esa época en Rusia. Partes de la descripción de estos temas, aunque muy interesantes, se me han hecho algo pesados.

Algo a destacar también es el título escogido: Anna Karenina, que parece que vaya a ser la protagonista y no es más que otro mero personaje de los muchos que tiene esta historia, que para ser francas, mejor as, porque solo me transmitía antipatía. Sin embargo, Levin ha sido sin duda mi personaje favorito, un personaje redondo, aunque no comparta alguna de sus opiniones.

natdash's review against another edition

5.0

After a protracted battle, I have finally finished this mammoth book. Battle is not really the right word, because I immensely enjoyed reading this book. It's just such an intensely long volume with long sections on agricultural practices or local politics that I would lose interest in and then give up the book entirely for months. Now that I've read it, I'm excited to return to the sections I really enjoyed: Kitty and Levin's courtship, the first meetings of Vronsky and Anna, Kitty's time at the spa. I hate to say I will skip Levin's long thoughts on the best agricultural practices for his land, because I was glad to have read them at the time and now. They are just still interminably boring. This book is such a perfect snapshot of the lives of the characters, it often doesn't feel like a novel, but a factual description of things that really happened. Each character manages to be deeply sympathetic as well as flawed, much like real life. Levin, with his idiosycrancies, self-insight, his deep love, and intense passions, in particular, really captured my heart. I can see completely why this book is a classic and I look forward to reading it again.