This felt like a lengthy review, probably because I initially thought I'd write a review per chapter but then I finished like the last 3 chapters in one sitting so my reviews are all mushed up together thus creating a mixture of reviews from all those chapters. Be warned then that this will contain spoilers. 

The first night described a beautiful scenery of Petersburg. Not just the place but also like the community, the vibe of everything and everyone. Genuinely thought it would be like he was just in love with the place and its people. Loved the speaker's conversation with the woman, can't help but feel that the speaker itself gets panicky when meeting new people but in his case he is afraid of talking to women. Particularly women around his age. Also, can absolutely relate in the he said that he's inlove with the idea of love, like I could dream of being in love with someome and do romantic things with them but couldn't muster the courage to do it with someone in real life.
 I honestly have no idea where the hell the story goes. I genuinely thought that it'd be how lovers meet and talk and connect but there's something so relatably guttaral about the way the man talks to the lady (Nastenka). In the first parts of the story  the two strangers decided to tell a little history about themselves. The history told by the man, at first, I thought he was describing imagery of Petersburg but as he goes on further, there is something about him that is painfully sad and lonely and to be honest, I find it hauntingly beautiful but that's because I somehow could relate on his restlessness about his life. How, he often lives in his dreams because they are so much better than his reality. And I felt sad that he too felt so restless about his reality, particularly his future as he can't seem to see a good future for himself. I felt, as though he and I were the same in that sense, living in daydreams because it's much better than our reality. Also, even though he is lonely, he doesn't dwell much on his sadness as he still sees that there are still good things in life. His life felt bleak for him but he still holds onto the little things in life like strangers he saw in Petersburg, even without actually connecting with them personally, he felt like he knows them, like how a watcher observes a movie.
 The story began to shift when the lady (Nastenka) told her story. She told how she lived with her grandmother most of her life and how she met this man who is actually their lodger and whom she's inlove with. This actually taken me aback because I genuinely thought this would be a budding romance between two strangers only to present me with this story of unrequited love. Of course, this went on for the third night as it was revealed that Nastenka was actually waiting for a year for that lodger man in the same place she and the man-protagonist stays and talks. They formed a relationship, friendship as it turns out and it turned to unrequited love to the man-protagonist part. The thing was, even this was such a short read, it led me to think that maybe the lady would be inlove with the protagonist man but the thing is the lodger man returned and married the lady and despite all that, the protagonist man continued to love her and support her with his love, though unrequited. Which I think is what love should be, a selfless act, just you wanting your loved one to be happy even if it breaks you so much. Anyways, I think this is a great short read and great first book this year. Might reread this again, just because.