9.56k reviews for:

Anna Karenina-Vol II

Leo Tolstoy

3.97 AVERAGE

anupamamohanlal's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense slow-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

lrobinson444's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional slow-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ahornick's review against another edition

5.0

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Dense but rewarding. Even the chapters that delved into the minutia of farming, estate management, politics or philosophy, I found engaging. The greatest asset is the cast of characters - Anna and Kitty in particular for me. Levin is great too but sometimes you just wanna smack some sense into him! Also, seeing the parallels between Anna/Vronsky and Levin/Kitty as their lives diverge makes it all the more tragic.

juliabp's review against another edition

4.0

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

tamtam01's review against another edition

3.0

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

night_blood's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

isabibble's review against another edition

4.75

slow-paced

hillary72's review against another edition

5.0

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I can’t not give this book 5 stars! True, many of the segments with Levin were dull (his character was my least favorite), but the richness of history, the expertise in writing, and — come on — the ability to write a riveting 817-page novel in the days before computers? Five stars indeed.

kgcphipps's review against another edition

3.0

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Incredibly proud to have made it through my first Russian novel. Adultery plots aren’t my favorite but learning about early 19th century farming developments is the bomb. Certainly interesting from literary, philosophical, and historical perspectives, though broadly non-compelling as a narrative.

hollyv1806's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative reflective 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