Anna Karenina

Counting this as my Russia book around the world.

This was looooong, and it sure felt long. I really enjoyed it in the end, and found Katya, her sister, and Lenin to be my most preferred characters. The POV changes so often I found it hard to stay interested, but overall I can appreciate the book for what it is and I cared about some of the characters.

What really made me like this book was all the political discussions about class and gender and the frequency in those discussions happened. Also..the scene with Katya and Lenin's brother? So good. Such a good beautiful scene in which Katya showed her strength in such a touching way.