readingwithcatherine 's review for:

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
4.0

This book is LOOOOOOONG. I listened to the audiobook, which was 35 hours long and had to work my way up to over 2x speed or I never would have finished it.

That being said, it's beautifully written. The level is description is amazing and there was certainly enough time to properly characterize even the minor characters in the book. It was like a very detailed portrait of Russian life that was also like a soap opera.

If you would like to read something that takes forever to get through, I would recommend it!