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The Idiot

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.04 AVERAGE

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milkyyy's review

4.25
challenging emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

mcdoyle00's review

5.0

That ending… crushes the soul
dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The author can spin a lengthy yarn as he is a loquacious writer. Taking my time I did find it an intriguing story, much ado about nothing but then a great deal about everything.
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meganbomberger's review

DID NOT FINISH: 24%

i tried my best....for 2 months.....like how is one day 150 pages. then it just skips 6 months into the future. loved the writing and all the characters were funny and real but like just hard read i will get to this when i am like wandering around europe at some point in my life i just cant do it right now
challenging inspiring slow-paced
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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jupichu's review

5.0
emotional reflective medium-paced
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poor_knight's review

5.0
challenging dark emotional funny sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes