White Nights

Reading White Nights felt like stepping into a dream. The language is so artistic, almost musical, that it leaves you with a sense of wonder long after finishing. What struck me most is how Dostoevsky captures loneliness and turns even a fleeting moment of happiness into something eternal. It’s tender, melancholic, and incredibly moving — a story that lingers in the heart like starlight.

This is my first Dostoevsky novel and I will say this felt like I was slipping into a dream. With the atmosphere and the romance. The writing is beautiful and very descriptive. I have to agree with a friend though that said the romance happened entirely too fast and it was kind of hard to take that seriously. The narrator is a lonely man so I can understand how quickly he falls. In the end what i take from this is that no matter how brief the encounter with another person it leaves an impression on you.

3.2

gws! ♡

It's one of my all-time favourites