Katya Mills’s Reviews > Anna Karenina > Status Update
Katya Mills
is on page 112 of 964
...then Kitty's slow comprehension of what is happening at the ball... but the scenes i love best so far actually are the ones with Levin who may be a character closer to Tolstoy himself, his expressed curiosity about communism... a country guy whose awkward in the city... has a big heart for his alcoholic brother Nicholas. it's a bit wild to be reading about Russia while i'm so angry with the invasion of Ukraine.
— Mar 13, 2022 07:16AM
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Katya Mills
is on page 650 of 964
i was sad for Vronsky that he thought society had gone 'progressive' and hoped but then found himself and Anna walled off and the reality has sunk in by page 650, as his own family cannot even host them for a get together.... not even a game of Scrabble? please?
— Apr 23, 2022 07:39AM
Katya Mills
is on page 510 of 964
the last 100 pages i realized i had a real emotional connection to the characters, as the biggest changes to their circumstances caused me to cry all over the paperback for several nights in a row. lol
— Apr 14, 2022 03:09PM
Katya Mills
is on page 400 of 964
Mr. Karenina wants everything to be 'like it was' and Anna is struggling to imagine how to 'pretend'. Vronsky is young and ambitious and she realizes he's likely not capable of being the man she needs in this moment. Levin is dreaming of joining the peasants but pulled toward Kitty. despite pride.
— Apr 08, 2022 07:23AM
Katya Mills
is on page 146 of 964
Anna has moved from more traditional social circles into the edgy world of balls and flaunted wealth, where she knows she will find Vronsky and be able to feel that special feeling she gets in his presence, that feeling of being alive. I'm not exactly sure why her own family and status doesn't give her that same feeling, because she's got it made and set up for life, but so it is.
— Mar 18, 2022 06:09AM
Katya Mills
is on page 106 of 964
my impressions so far... few contemporary authors are capable of a linear narrative that is still compelling... also the way Tolstoy understood human nature... he drops these one liners that get to the psychology behind the behavior... how Anna suspects something off about Vronsky by his early actions at the train station and also again when he visits Dollys home to catch a glimpse of her...
— Mar 13, 2022 07:12AM
