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3.97 AVERAGE
3.97 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unfinished - maybe not the best time for me to select this book.
reflective
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
i enjoyed parts of this so immensely, but unfortunately at least 90% of levin’s chapters felt superfluous, both unnecessary to the story and to the overarching moral commentary and began to make certain parts drag, but the anna/vronsky/karenin story was so gripping, anna as a character was beautifully complex and that part will definitely stick with me for a while
Den här boken har jag haft stående i bokhyllan i många, många år. En orsak till att jag tvekat är storleken på den... Så det var perfekt att läsa den som e-bok. ;)
P.g.a. storleken kom vi fram till att den är helt rätt för sommarens läsning.
Jag trodde, i min enfald, att boken skulle handla väldigt mycket om Anna, men det dröjer ett par kapitel in i boken innan hon dyker upp och i sista delen är hon inte med alls - efter den "berömda tågscenen" som nämns i SRs bokcirkel. Och som jag aldrig hade hört talas om. ;)
Snarare verkar det som om Levin är den egentlige huvudpersonen, men vi får följa flera i familjen Oblonskij och deras vänner (däribland Anna oc Levin).
Det är en synnerligen intressant bok och jag är glad att jag har läst den, men den var något för lång och vissa saker kändes helt onödiga.
Att följa SRs bokcirkel samtidigt kändes som en klar fördel:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=3349&grupp=6050&artikel=2520828
P.g.a. storleken kom vi fram till att den är helt rätt för sommarens läsning.
Jag trodde, i min enfald, att boken skulle handla väldigt mycket om Anna, men det dröjer ett par kapitel in i boken innan hon dyker upp och i sista delen är hon inte med alls - efter den "berömda tågscenen" som nämns i SRs bokcirkel. Och som jag aldrig hade hört talas om. ;)
Snarare verkar det som om Levin är den egentlige huvudpersonen, men vi får följa flera i familjen Oblonskij och deras vänner (däribland Anna oc Levin).
Det är en synnerligen intressant bok och jag är glad att jag har läst den, men den var något för lång och vissa saker kändes helt onödiga.
Att följa SRs bokcirkel samtidigt kändes som en klar fördel:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=3349&grupp=6050&artikel=2520828
After Kafka my next classic was Tolstoy.
Reading through it I understood why people love him so much. His characters are so mezmerizing. All of them have a vivid personality that shines through the pages. His pace can be quite slow at times but don't skip ANY pages because some of the most important moments in the story were told in a few words out of the blue.
His depiction of women is obviously relevant to his times. The ending was that made me think about it most of all.
Obviously towards the end of the book the character that really matters is Levin. He is the one who struggles alone with his existential purpose, because his wife is too shallow to understand. And once he came to his spiritual epiphany he didn't communicate it.
Anna Karenina was quite annoying, but vividly annoying. She slowly lost her mind from being very content and put together until she fell inlove and lost it completely because aside of her writing her partner was all that mattered.
A really beautiful story filled with moral dilemma, but the female representation from our heroine lacked backbone, compered to the male characters
Reading through it I understood why people love him so much. His characters are so mezmerizing. All of them have a vivid personality that shines through the pages. His pace can be quite slow at times but don't skip ANY pages because some of the most important moments in the story were told in a few words out of the blue.
His depiction of women is obviously relevant to his times. The ending was that made me think about it most of all.
Obviously towards the end of the book the character that really matters is Levin. He is the one who struggles alone with his existential purpose, because his wife is too shallow to understand. And once he came to his spiritual epiphany he didn't communicate it.
Anna Karenina was quite annoying, but vividly annoying. She slowly lost her mind from being very content and put together until she fell inlove and lost it completely because aside of her writing her partner was all that mattered.
A really beautiful story filled with moral dilemma, but the female representation from our heroine lacked backbone, compered to the male characters
I rather liked and found Levin more interesting than Anna.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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 find I enjoy parts of Tolstoy's books. This one sometimes reads like a Jane Austen novel, which I quite enjoy. And then parts of it seem to go off on irrelevant (to me) discussions on things like the relationship of the Russian peasant to the land, or why we do the things we do, and I just don't enjoy them. It really disrupts the flow of the book, and in some cases, it's just really oddly placed. I mean, Anna kills herself 60 odd pages before the end, but it only gets a passing mention in the rest of the book. It's mostly about Levin and his search for meaning in life.
I do like some of the contrasts though - the relationship between Anna/Vronsky and Kitty/Levin play off of each other quite nicely at times.
I do like some of the contrasts though - the relationship between Anna/Vronsky and Kitty/Levin play off of each other quite nicely at times.
To quote my favorite piece of literary criticism (about Pride and Prejudice): "just a bunch of people going to each other's houses". And, to add to that: "just a bunch of people thinking about stuff and changing their minds about said stuff rather radically". Unfortunately, my experience reading this bloody brick has been excruciating —exams are coming and I wanted to finish it as soon as possible (in the last week, in which I've had to read about 500 pages, I've found myself sighing at the mere reminder that I had to continue reading). But I've learned to accept that I'm never going to really fully enjoy reading great pieces of literature (especially the really long ones), so it's okay. This was boring and interminable, with unnecessary lectures about politics, religion, and economics; almost all of the characters have unredeemable qualities and about a hundred more secondary characters make an appearance just to ruin my day. That being said, I think this might be one of the best books I've had the displeasure of reading. Would go through all of the pain again.