In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the General’s cruel yet seductively adept niece, Polina. In The Gambler, Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this stunning psychological portrait.

Yet again another Dostoevsky book which haven’t quite worked for me personally. 

This book had for sure a unique plot which really surprised me. Even thou the plot here was unique it didn’t grab my attention nor my interested in it.

The characters here were pretty flat and shallow. I found ever character in this book to be very boring and uninteresting and I just didn’t bother remembering their names. Because one of the issues I have with the characters in this book is that they feel like the same character but in different clothes.

This book gives us some very bad and at the same time very predictable advices if you will about the dangers of gambling. 

The writing style in this book was far from being great but in my opinion the writing style was the best part of this book. 

In my opinion this book dragged for far too long. There might be just me not being a fan of classics but that’s just my opinion.

This book had some good moments here and there, but these moments were very rare and it really wasn’t enough for me.

The narration style here was far from the best, and at the very best it was bad. Again it might be just me again not being fan of the majority of classics. 

I Give This Book 2 / 5