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Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.0 AVERAGE

sootytugboat0's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

heleney's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ivana's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I surprisingly really enjoyed the way this book was structured, both parts gave me much to think about through different approaches (one was more like an essay and the other more narrative). Seems to me like quite the revolutionary portrait of a man who shows just how contradictory and self destructive humans can be. 

eeshakhan's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

miserati's review against another edition

2.25

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

debbiehammon's review against another edition

3.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

acca's review against another edition

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weirdal's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

not_jack's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anuksha's review against another edition

5.0

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what makes man if not the inevitable urge to descend into madness? no matter who you are, there is some part of the underground man's pathetic, unlikeable, so-human personality you will relate to, and i find that it makes notes an incredibly potent discourse on the human nature. tdrm is likewise incredible for similar reasons (albeit decidedly less nihilistic). white nights, however, is the ultimate nice guy propaganda. the dreamer would be blocked so fast — icky, gross, and anything featuring him should not share pages with a masterpiece like notes. it's only at the mercy of how much i liked notes and tdrm that i can pretend it doesn't weigh this collection's worth down.