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A review by heidi_meredith
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
As soon as I started this, I felt I'd rated my previous book too highly. Tolstoy has such incredible and witty insight into human nature. I'd never noticed before how similar he is to Austen, albeit she works more through dialogue than monologue.
I found Levin and Dolly most relatable for me. 'All day she felt as if she were acting in a theatre with better actors than herself, and that her bad performance was spoiling the whole affair.'
It is interesting to see the parallel journeys that Anna and Levin make in their quests for meaning and to note the similarities in some of their lines of thought, but their very different outcomes.
I found Levin and Dolly most relatable for me. 'All day she felt as if she were acting in a theatre with better actors than herself, and that her bad performance was spoiling the whole affair.'
It is interesting to see the parallel journeys that Anna and Levin make in their quests for meaning and to note the similarities in some of their lines of thought, but their very different outcomes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Minor: Racism