Reviews

White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

lilit_galstyan's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

you talk so splendidly but can you not?

NAstenka was so relatable and so delulu at times, there were some very long descriptions that I just skipped. Over all it was really beautifully written and the mood was so intense and felt so real, as it I was sitting on that chair with them. It was my first Dostoevsky book, and Now I wanna freshen up my Russian and read more books from him 

8yalan8's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Love – unrequited. Hope. Yearning. Solitude filled with melancholy during white nights and lonely days. 

It was all great, but mannerism somehow ruined it (a bit) for me. Also, as I reflect about the book after reading it, I think I would have appreciated it more in my late teens/early 20’s than I do now. 

chiiiii's review against another edition

4.75

eggslut's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

hannakiemaczynska's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.75

talitha's review against another edition

2.75

Iets te melodramatisch voor mij, maar goed geschreven kort verhaal over een (eerste) liefde. 

hellovivi_'s review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

felicity_sknr's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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

4.5

I love so many things about this book. The way it’s written  being the thing I love the most. Dostoyevsky’s writing is so viscerally moving that I can’t imagine anyone else being able to write such a simple story in such a gut wrenching way. The ending felt in a way tragic - he loved her so much that he just wanted her to be happy even if it was at the expense of his own - yet tied up the novel perfectly. The last line ‘My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man’s life?’ Is one of those lines that I don’t think I’ll be able to forget.

snowman_reads's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bex37's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75