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naomi_andino's review
4.0
Thank you NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I’ve always wanted to read Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and I was extremely excited to find an easy-to-read and illustrated version. Some classics are really hard to read for me and seeing the length of the original version has always scared me off.
While I enjoyed the story and I found the adaptation well done, I have to say that this, in no way, is suitable for children since it tackles heavy topics. I feel like the target audience should be people that would like to read classics but have a hard time to do so, like me. It’s also suitable for people who are learning English.
I’ve always wanted to read Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and I was extremely excited to find an easy-to-read and illustrated version. Some classics are really hard to read for me and seeing the length of the original version has always scared me off.
While I enjoyed the story and I found the adaptation well done, I have to say that this, in no way, is suitable for children since it tackles heavy topics. I feel like the target audience should be people that would like to read classics but have a hard time to do so, like me. It’s also suitable for people who are learning English.
manglitter's review
3.0
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I love Russian classics because they are pure literature. I've loved Anna Karenina the original book and finding this version I was interested and curious to see how the author was going to adapt it for KIDS because if you've read the real version by Tolstoy, you know that the themes in the book are not for very young readers whatever the number of illustrations you might put in it such as adultery, an ugly divorce, suicide and some other difficult subjects.
After reading this book, I would say it was really nice and well adapted but I still think that this story is not the right one to give to a child in order to read. Sorry but for me it's not suitable.
I love Russian classics because they are pure literature. I've loved Anna Karenina the original book and finding this version I was interested and curious to see how the author was going to adapt it for KIDS because if you've read the real version by Tolstoy, you know that the themes in the book are not for very young readers whatever the number of illustrations you might put in it such as adultery, an ugly divorce, suicide and some other difficult subjects.
After reading this book, I would say it was really nice and well adapted but I still think that this story is not the right one to give to a child in order to read. Sorry but for me it's not suitable.
giadaleggeg's review
3.0
Thanks to Net-Galley for providing me with an e-arc in exchangeto an honest review.
Anna Karenina appears to have the perfect life. Young and beautiful, she lives in a fashionable house in Moscow with her respected husband and their young son. But Anna is deeply unhappy. Her older husband bores her, and she misses the lively city she grew up in. Then Count Vronsky, a dashing young officer, invites her to dance at a ball.
Will Anna protect the comfortable life she has, or risk it all for forbidden love?
I liked this illustrated version of Anna Karenina, and I think it's a great alternative to bring the little ones closer to literature.
Personally it made me want to read the original, although after my reading of war and peace last year I had decided not to try my hand at other Tolstoy readings for a while.
#kidsTolstoy #NetGalley
Anna Karenina appears to have the perfect life. Young and beautiful, she lives in a fashionable house in Moscow with her respected husband and their young son. But Anna is deeply unhappy. Her older husband bores her, and she misses the lively city she grew up in. Then Count Vronsky, a dashing young officer, invites her to dance at a ball.
Will Anna protect the comfortable life she has, or risk it all for forbidden love?
I liked this illustrated version of Anna Karenina, and I think it's a great alternative to bring the little ones closer to literature.
Personally it made me want to read the original, although after my reading of war and peace last year I had decided not to try my hand at other Tolstoy readings for a while.
#kidsTolstoy #NetGalley
bronsonmh's review
emotional
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for an E-ARC in place for an honest review.
I love the Easy Classics series. This is a great way for younger readers to get a taste for the classic book out there. With Anna Karenina being on the the thickest and longest and one of the saddest books I thought they did a great job condensing the story.
I love the Easy Classics series. This is a great way for younger readers to get a taste for the classic book out there. With Anna Karenina being on the the thickest and longest and one of the saddest books I thought they did a great job condensing the story.
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