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briangodsey 's review for:
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy
The story started interestingly enough, then faded into overdone Dostoyevsky-esque talk about personal suffering before rounding out quite nicely. I think Tolstoy was trying to stay away from direct description of physical pain brought on by mental anguish (that's his peer's territory) but he couldn't manage to avoid it. At least he used some creative descriptive methods to ease the boring sentiment. And, thankfully, Tolstoy put in enough unsentimental narration to displace the rest, making this---all in all---a good story.