About Love is a wonderful collection of short stories. Some end in disaster and others with painful longing. Chekov’s writing is beautiful. The way he describes the various landscapes and the innermost feelings of the different characters is gripping. My favorite out of the different stories is the first one. It was the most hopeful. Others such as the black monk left me feeling a bit melancholy. It’s a short read and I highly recommend it if you want something to read that doesn’t feel like a chore.