And so here we are. Our first Russian. All 806 pages of her (plus notes). Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."
Thanks Maree for hosting us! Tim brought the shortlist.
Ratings (out of 17):
Ellie: 6 couldn't finish, didn't like the characters.
Wendy: 9 felt it had a slow start, but pace has picked up in the middle. Will definately finish reading it.
Leigha: 8 expected to be more enchanted (as with English 'classics' like Jane Austin) but instead it was just hard work.
Maree: 10 got sick of all the philosophy. Interested in some characters, but could have been a lot shorter.
Emma: 11 felt like she had a clunky translation and that it needed a good edit.
Mari: 11 found it interesting if you skipped all the ruminations.
Jim: 9 (based on the 100 pages he read) will probably finish reading it.
Tim: 4 (based on the 150 pages he read) definitely will not read any further and would take The Road any day over this stuff.
Average: 8.5
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