A review by chiel
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
3.0
I am really divided on this book, it was something I have been putting off to read for a long time.
When the book goes into subtle sarcasm about high society in general and local elections, the book is, in my view, at its best. Tolstoy can really do anything with his brilliant writing style, and that was truly amazing. But although Tolstoy slices through 3 marriages with great finesse, and he can explain as no other how people perceive each other, the book just didn't grab me in the sense that War and Peace did.
When the book goes into subtle sarcasm about high society in general and local elections, the book is, in my view, at its best. Tolstoy can really do anything with his brilliant writing style, and that was truly amazing. But although Tolstoy slices through 3 marriages with great finesse, and he can explain as no other how people perceive each other, the book just didn't grab me in the sense that War and Peace did.