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Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Start date: October 1, 2020

Finish date: December 31, 2020

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Dec 01, 2020 Rachel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I have spent most of this year trying to wring out every truth, every grain of wisdom, and every word of meaning from this rapturous beauty but I still feel like I’ve barely grasped the superficial. Anna Karenina is a world unto itself. It left me feeling like Tolstoy delivered this gift directly to me so that I may uncover some cosmic secret of human nature.

(That’s probably a terribly cliche exaggeration but, you’ll have to forgive me, I’m still on a high from finishing it an hour ago.)

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Jan 31, 2016 Sarah rated it liked it · review of another edition

Well, that was long. A very long story about the idle rich. I understand why the revolution was so successful in Russia; I wanted to kill many of these boring pointless rich folks as well. And the point? The point after 600+ pages is that the only thing t hat gives life purpose and meaning is faith in God. Stop arguing over politics, stop trying to improve society, shut up and have faith. If you don't you will only be actively (or passively) committing suicide. I actually liked Dolly. (And Kitty ...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Becca rated it liked it · review of another edition

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So I only gave it 3 stars because I can't figure out if I loved this book or absolutely hated it. The writing is beautiful and some scenes took my breath away...the horse race was incredible! I think it is the subject matter and the tragic characters that made me uncomfortable as to say I hated this book. They are so well crafted that I felt a part of them. This made it incredibly hard for me to deal with their choices, almost like I was the one making them. I enjoyed the politics mixed in to gi ...more

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