Anna Karénina

I've seen so many great reviews, so many people talk so dearly about this book. My expectations where HIGH, and I don't know if that was the mistake but unfortunately I didn't enjoyed this book as much as I wanted to.
I hated Anna Karenina, and the other characters were a bit annoying, I couldn't get attached to any of them. Also, so many different names were used to refer to the same character and that made it difficult for me to follow the storyline.
In general, Tolstoys writing style was ok, but that's pretty much it. :(