*This review does contain spoilers*
Misery by Anton Chekov is a 5 star, 5 page masterpiece.
So sledge driver Iona Potapov waits in the freezing white snow, bent over, waiting for rare paltry fares. His poor mare drew more pity from me as the poor skinny girl even had a layer of snow on her back, she must’ve been freezing cold – and hungry.
The core of this story involves the recent death of the poor man’s son, he has nobody to tell. He thinks some of his fares may be interested in his sad story – no such luck, the only fares he scored couldn’t give a hoot – in fact, worse still, they mock him.
The poor guy decides to quit his shift early. He hasn’t even earned enough to feed his poor mare oats. This man is so lonely.
He decides to go outside, in the freezing weather and tell his beautiful horse about the death of his son. Naturally, she listens because animals are beautiful and humanity is shit.
This story of abject loneliness in an uncaring cold, dark world smacked me right between the eyes and stamped on my chest.
What a moody piece 5 Stars