Alma Classics: The Gambler (Paperback)

from TobinElliott

While this story had some amusing moments scattered here and there, overall, it just seemed like an awful lot of desperation packed into a small group of people. And while I do understand that's the point, it didn't leave much of an impression on me. It wasn't awful. It wasn't great. It just kin...

from la2bkk

I was disappointed by this short book. Unlike other short works such as Notes from the Underground and The Ridiculous Man, which were witty, concise and often incredibly entertaining, The Gambler seemed dated and routine. On a positive note, the grandmother's character's was a highlight, and sect...

from HvyMetalMG

I must have been thinking of playing Let It Ride and Poker at the Bellagio when I picked this up. As a classic, this does not really age well into today's gabling world. But to be fair, I have to re-read and get my mind out of the tables and read for a story about human nature and not doubling do...

from varwenea

I feel a little cheated by this book. The back cover states the book "offers a grim and psychologically probing picture of the fatal attractions of gambling." For such a small book, I expected a quick deep dive into the throes of gambling sooner than later, becoming lost in all its negativity fro...

from mewilbur

Believe it or not, Dostoevsky wrote a short novel. It isn't his best. He left a couple of probable plot devices hanging, But then he wrote it in a month (with the help of a stenographer, who became his wife) on a bet. So it's a good novel about obsessive gambling, a problem which Dostoevsky knew ...