theoblongbox 's review for:

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
2.0

I have found that I tend not to like Russian writers on the whole, just because the writing seems to me to be without much feeling. However, I generally like the stories that they write. So I dislike the writing style, but like the story. I will say that in this story it seemed like Ivan brought a great deal of his suffering on himself by not accepting the help of others and just thinking in a completely negative way.