He emphasized twice that he urges not to waste time on it. Can it be that bad?

>>7710053
It's good but Gogol died before he could finish it.

>>7710053
gogol hair triggers me.

>>7710053
It's fantastic, an absolutely essential read. Make sure you have the Guerney translation.

>>7710058
Yeah, but who knew that he was so upset with his own work that he would put a card in it warning the reader that it will be shit.

>>7710173
th-

fucking kek

>>7710351

I wonder whether >>7710173 was making an oblique reference to the fact that Gogol threw his manuscript into the fire. When I read it, my edition pointed out gaps toward the end of the book, which if I recall were a result of this. It's still worth reading.

>>7710053
his short stories are much better. it being incomplete really made the book suffer, it meandered, and did not seem to have an ending in mind like his short stories. there's something to the reading tip to start with the ending.