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Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

3.97 AVERAGE

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

i know i should but i really don’t care about farming & politics in 19th century russia. the rest was sooo real tho. love how levin compared his calves to other men.

4.25
Highly enjoyable, even though I found myself skimming some passages from time to time.
One of the things I arguably enjoyed the most was Levin participating in the hay harvest and loosing himself in the act of scything for 10 or so pages.
I didn't know how Anna's Story would end beforehand, so her suicide by train came as a mild surprise.
I must confess that while I didn't really care for Levin's self-debates concerning him finding his lack of faith disturbing, they weren't to bothersome to read.
Once I read this again, it will be interesting to see how the moderately old german translation that I read this time around differs from the english translation.

I loved this book. It was romantic, operatic, and heart-wrenching. The characters are vivid and nuanced which makes them seem real. I fell in love with Russia.
challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-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

جلد اول تمام شد .
آخر جلد اول خیلی از مسائل احساسی روشن میشن. حالا باید ببینیم سرانجام ورونسکی و آنا چی میشه.
چهارتا ستاره دادم چون کتاب و داستان رو دوست دارم ولی در مقایسه با جنگ و صلح برام یه پله پایین تره! تا در جلد دوم چه پیش آید...

فک میکنم روند داستانی جلد اول رو بیشتر دوست داشتم، گرچه وقفه طولانی ای افتاد تا ۲۰۰صفحه آخرو بخونم.
در کل سه ستاره دادم به جلد دو و چهارتا به جلد یک.

موقع خوندنش مدام با جنگ و صلح مقایسه اش میکردم و این فک میکنم کارو خراب میکرد.
challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

Great book, but didn't quite like the ending.
slow-paced