A review by florinoakenshield
White Nights by Fyodor Dostoevsky

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.5

i find it hard to digest classics, especially classics that have been translated to english. there i said it. though it pains my literary heart, i am rarely ever in the right mindset to actually critically analyse a classic. for the most part, i just read a story bc it’s a story lol. 

with that said, i found this story funny in the same way watching someone trip is funny.

apart from the terrifying amount of love bombing (is four nights enough to intimate someone?),

i found the prose so long and breathless that it felt like he really was just a lonely guy that needed someone to word vomit onto. 

warning: a lot of written emotions in this one, a lot more than i was necessarily comfortable with. but at least it was a quick short story!