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Fuck I’m really seeing a new side to Alexi Karenin. Forgiving both Anna and Vronsky in such a pure way? To raise Vronsky’s child??? For such an emotionally unavailable and detached man, he really is good at heart it seems. We can’t blame Anna for in love with someone else, that’s only human, but idk she’s such a mess and obviously not ill intentioned like she fully admitted to the affair. Fuck Vronsky

“It’s true that it’s time to die. And that everything is nonsense. I’ll tell you truly: I value my thought and work terribly, but in essence - think about it - this whole world of ours is just a bit of mildew that grew over a tiny planet. And we think we can have something great - thoughts, deeds! They’re all grains of sand”

Levin just put existential crises in the most poetic way.

Levin: There’s less charm in life when you think about death — but it’s more peaceful

Stiva: On the contrary, the last days are the merriest

Fuck man, sometimes I think about what I’d do if I had confirmation I was in my final days of life and just that thought is freeing. I need to make more updates bc this book is great. The complexity of Anna, the shallowness of the Alexis. Levin and Kitty as the light

I have to read 6 books at once or I get bored

Over 800 page book as a slow reader will be a challenge so I’m going to post updates as I go.

I was easily hooked into this book with distinct descriptions of character’s psyches and opinions. It sounds fucked, but this book kinda humanizes a guy who cheated on his wife - showing the complexities of morality, marriage, attraction, relationships + family.

“Each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way”

A main character not getting a first name and solely being called “the wife” or “Mrs. Bennet.” Damn. I mean, her entire life mission is to marry off her daughters and make fun of one for coughing so deserved perhaps.

SO MUCH LORE HELP

“How’s the book?” HORRIFYING I LOVE IT