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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
beautiful woman who everyone's in love with and who men would literally die for? i was obsessed.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
dark
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
reflective
slow-paced
A short novella in which a middle-aged man tells the story of his first love when he was 16. She is a neighbour, 5 years older than him, who just plays with his feelings a lot of the time. We all remember our first love and the emotional roller coaster that goes with that. I listened to this on audible and really enjoyed the narration and the beautiful writing of Turgenev, even if it seemed a bit melodramatic at times. I kept wanting to tell Vladimir, "You do realise she's playing with you, mind. Go find something else to keep you occupied. "
Romantic, I am not, obviously, but it was well written.
Romantic, I am not, obviously, but it was well written.
Although it's been over 10 years since I first and last read this book, when I was about the age of Vladimir meeting Zinaïda, I'm quite sure that this read today felt exactly the same as that read then.
It's been a while since I read a book like this, in one read. The last time I remember that came close, was when reading Goethe's Werther.
Also, knowing that my first read stems from well before my university days, it is touching to see that I - apparently - already marked the margins, although sparsely, where I found the passages interesting, like I have been doing for the past years.
I'll be forever enthralled by how Turgenev manages to create reading environments; I, the reader, really disappear in my own little aura when reading many of his works. I guess I can say by now that already for that reason alone, Turgenev must be one of my favourite authors.
Also, this is now one of very few books that I actually read twice, alongside Dante’s Divine Comedy and Nietzsche’s The Gay Science.
It's been a while since I read a book like this, in one read. The last time I remember that came close, was when reading Goethe's Werther.
Also, knowing that my first read stems from well before my university days, it is touching to see that I - apparently - already marked the margins, although sparsely, where I found the passages interesting, like I have been doing for the past years.
I'll be forever enthralled by how Turgenev manages to create reading environments; I, the reader, really disappear in my own little aura when reading many of his works. I guess I can say by now that already for that reason alone, Turgenev must be one of my favourite authors.
Also, this is now one of very few books that I actually read twice, alongside Dante’s Divine Comedy and Nietzsche’s The Gay Science.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced