Take a photo of a barcode or cover
A review by oscarwildein
A Gentle Creature and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoevsky
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
There were some absolute banger lines in this short story collection. "I thank you for that love of yours because it is stamped on my memory like a sweet dream long after waking" are you kidding me???? I'm rolling around on the floor.
Every story was very interesting to me, I didn't really lose interest at any point, but white nights is probably my favorite of the three. The yearning was so delectable. You think you know yearning? You don't til you've read white nights. And some of it just hit so hard for me ya'know.
The second favorite would probably be the ridiculous man. It had a semi-cyclical nature to it with a little twist on religious imagery the concepts were just /so/ interesting.
A gentle creature was good, it was well written, but the narrator is the most insufferable POS I've ever had to read from and most of my annotations are me calling him gross or an asshole because he IS. But that was the point he was supposed to be an asshole so it was well done, he was just awful lol.
Either way all the stories were well done and it was a very cohesive and quick collection. A very good introduction to dostoyevsky without having to read 600 pages of crime and punishment.
Every story was very interesting to me, I didn't really lose interest at any point, but white nights is probably my favorite of the three. The yearning was so delectable. You think you know yearning? You don't til you've read white nights. And some of it just hit so hard for me ya'know.
The second favorite would probably be the ridiculous man. It had a semi-cyclical nature to it with a little twist on religious imagery the concepts were just /so/ interesting.
A gentle creature was good, it was well written, but the narrator is the most insufferable POS I've ever had to read from and most of my annotations are me calling him gross or an asshole because he IS. But that was the point he was supposed to be an asshole so it was well done, he was just awful lol.
Either way all the stories were well done and it was a very cohesive and quick collection. A very good introduction to dostoyevsky without having to read 600 pages of crime and punishment.