“I found this book to be extremely snarky. I do enjoy the everyday descriptions of post-revolutionary Moscow as well as the alternative glimpse of Satan and his buddies as not-so -bad guys. Nevertheless, I never found myself forming a serious attachment to any of the characters. This could probably be due to the fact that their extremely complicated Russian names are impossible to keep track of. After reading a description of a particular character, the next scene involving said character will refer to them using their Russian nickname. So confusing! Furthermore, the situations presented that would, long ago, have been considered shocking are today a little cliche and mundane. Overall I am glad to have read it mainly for the fact that it is considered an important piece of Russian literature and was pretty enjoyable. ”
