A review by a_edgc
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.25

Reading a classic like this is a major endeavor, and there is plenty to consider in it, but I was profoundly disappointed and annoyed with so many aspects of it. The underlying classist perspective gave the entire book  an intense myopia. the lack of conversational development despite the length was insanely frustrating- I’m thinking of how often he describes someone as telling a few good jokes without actually writing any down-, the general soap opera tone. And the underlying thesis?: Just get married and follow God and you will be content. In fact class inequality and feminism are ruining humanity. I’m not saying don’t read it, but maybe your experience will be better if you don’t expect as much as I did.