What a book! I cannot even believe I made it thru the 800+ pages of Anna Karenina, but I did. This book was a book discussion book, so I had to read it, but then I fell in love with it and couldn't put it down. Add to the fact that it is a classic and totally readable how could you not like it.
The book is about several Russian families and their lives and loves. Even though the book is named after Anna I found other characters much more interesting like Kitty and Levin. As the story progresses many things happen to them all. Usually I find Russian stories very difficult to read, it seems that the characters are often called by so many different names that I get confused AND I can never pronounce the name. I must admit in this book I just started glancing at the names and then continuing on so I didn't stumble while reading. (Does that make sense?)
Tolstoy does a great job of transforming his characters as the story progresses and in the end you can see just how far they have come!
Don't be intimidated by the fact it is a classic, or that it has so many pages: it's worth the time!
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