975 reviews for:

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol

3.79 AVERAGE

megancortez's review against another edition

5.0

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Brilliant! Witty and sardonic with gems of wisdom throughout. The commentary on contemporary Russian society is so relatable that it goes beyond just being a Russian story about Russian lives — this is a story about the state of a soul, the states of all our souls. There are a lot of themes like disillusionment and inefficacy and what it really means to be alive and who deserves to live generally and more specifically who deserves to live like in luxury versus in squalor. Who should be respected and who should be powerful. And why sometimes we strive for the wrong things in life and end up deader for it.

I just wish the ending were more finished because I wanted more resolution... but I understand, sometimes there are things that are lost and we just have to work with what we have.

holedsock's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ostavetemenamira's review against another edition

4.0

Loveable characters: Complicated

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cunty. read them to filth. second part was an acid trip.

mushababy's review against another edition

3.0

dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

tension_toast's review against another edition

3.5

challenging funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

noorhan4455's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

willow_thewisp's review against another edition

5.0

dark funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

pssworded's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zurkh's review against another edition

4.0

funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jseewald94's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes