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I just finished Anna Karenina recently, and while it certainly wasn't bad or anything, I only really forged my way through the second half on the strength of having always wanted to check that book off of my bucket list.
I think that the core Anna/Alexandrovich/Vronsky stuff is compelling pretty much throughout, but I was far too often bored with the side adventures of Levin.
Admittedly, my ignorance with regard to Russian history of that time likely hindered my experience.
Anna Karenina was originally serialized over about 2.5 years and has 200+ chapters, all of which are very short (but you know this), so, I read two chapters a day, which takes no time, and experience it as a 19th-century cautionary soap opera about adultery and life.
I'm also reading
Stick and
Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard. Just finished
The Way We Die Now by Charles Willeford.