A review by grayi
First Love by Ivan Turgenev

3.0

"I burnt as in a fire in her presence… but what did I care to know what the fire was in which I burned and melted—it was enough that it was sweet to burn and melt."

Well, that's one scarring first love for sure.

Vladimir was sixteen when he fell in love for the first time and we get to see how this new feeling grows and changes with him. From the innocent, idealistic, and almost naive love at first sight to the obsessive, dangerous, and violent one-sided love: intense from start to finish.

Vladimir never gets closure, and neither do we.