Hannah’s Reviews > Anna Karenina > Status Update

“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

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”