Dead Souls

Gogol's Diary of a Madman is one of my favorite books. This one was definitely worth reading because of some wonderful turns of phrase, and memorable characters, but in the end just didn't resonate with me. The main theme of social critique feels sort of dated–not that we don't still have similar problems, but because the problems are so obvious and ubiquitous; they don't need pointing out or skewering for me at this point.