Two firsts for me because I had never read Dostoevsky before and neither had I gone through a novel in ebook format.

The first half of this rather lengthy story is  a tedious affair because of a plethora of unnecessary detail concerning the characters' moods, attitudes and facial expressions; these many a time remained unexplained. Also, I found the fact that the people in the narrative are called by up to three different names somewhat confusing, at least initially. Maybe this is a personal problem because I'm hopeless at remembering names.

Some touches of humour and philosophical insights, together with a plot which picks up the pace in the latter stages, had been hungry to reach the conclusion - an ending which doesn't smile too kindly on the pages' inhabitants.

My opinion of Devils: The Possessed might also be influenced by the fact that I am unused to reading in electronic format; at least nothing longer than standard magazine or newspaper articles. I found it quite a chore because in spite of the page numbering, there's no tangible evidence of reading progress; no bookmark sticking out to delineate the "have read" from the "yet to read". It's always the same bland touchscreen which also lacks the aroma that the paper and binding of a book exude. This notwithstanding, I am now a convert to the format and my iPad will henceforth be the repository of my reading material.