Interesting insights, shallow story

I like the criticism of the search for money that doesn’t bring fulfillment. And I’m even willing to give it a pass on the unidimensional portrait of women - one girl is simply called “The Virgin” - since the book was written a century ago,

But I cannot get over how unrealistic the characters are. Burning Light is a guy that Luck decide to bless and everything he touches turns to Gold. He rarely has a set back, and if it happens, it’s short-lived. He always wins again his enemies, doesn’t take no from a girl as an answer and the story would be better if it was more realistic. Good insights that you have to dig deep to find - like the gold described in the story.