"Anna is superficial, selfish, and, hard as this is to achieve, unsympathetic." Interestingly, I love the book and I think that describes Anna to a T. Anna is a trainwreck of a person you can't look away from. She never puts anyone she "loves" above her addiction to Vronsky's infatuated passion. With her jealous dislike of their daughter, and her rejection of marriage with Vronsky even when it became possible, Tolstoy made this clear by the end of the book. The author hints his true opinion when Levin (his alter-ego) meets Anna and while in her company is charmed and stimulated, only later to realize he has been close to something dark and malign.