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Yes, I didn't like Anna Karenina as much as I liked War and Peace. I think the backdrop of the invasion moved War and Peace in a way that Anna Karenina didn't.
The books seemed similar in their treatment of Pierre Bezukhov in W&P and Konstantin Levin in AK, regarding their search for meaning, which I enjoyed. Unfortunately, I don't think my translation of AK was as good as the version of W&P I read. I was at a friend's house, and picked up his version of AK. It was much better. Maybe that could have had some affect on your feelings about the book. BTW, color photo of Tolstoy!: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:L.N.Tolstoy_Prokudin-Gorsk...
