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Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol

3.79 AVERAGE

yagdetochitala's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bornin1142's review against another edition

3.0

funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adielle's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

nacnudkhan's review against another edition

5.0

funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Part I is a masterpiece, Part II is fragmentary and to nowhere near the same standard - though who knows where it would have ended up?

drew2718's review against another edition

3.5

Despite its age, Dead Souls remains impressively funny. I’d rate it higher if I thought that the points it seems to be making were more relevant. The book seems to be mainly relevant to 1800s Russia, and might remain relevant in many ways to people living in countries with corrupt local government.

ruben_03's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious tense slow-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

c_ward68's review against another edition

3.0

Finished at last! This is one only for those with a taste for 19th century Russian literature. I did enjoy some of it, and beautifully read, but the characters are so many and the names confusing (not helped by my listening only intermittently) that it was difficult to follow. Very, very Russian is probably my best way to describe it. Also I hadn’t realised that parts of the manuscript are missing, including the end, which didn’t help with my comprehension. I wouldn’t embark on it again.