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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A great psychological trip, hard to understand at first though.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Truly the greatest yapper of all time. Definitely not a beginner classic but a nice intro to his work.
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It would be a crime to not rate anything by Dostoevsky below 5 stars. As the Underground Man once said (and actually many times), I, too, would say this book is sublime and beautiful. The story explores themes of isolation and self-destruction as our narrator sabotages himself from any meaningful human connections and delves into a deep self-loathing whirlpool. It's not that he detests human connections but he simply can't tolerate the vulnerability it requires. He's always hyper-aware of his own shortcomings and critiques rationality because humans indeed are irrational beings driven by complex emotional and psychological needs that have been ostracized by modern society. I think the main element Dostoevsky wanted to portray was how suffering is an inherent characteristic of our human lives. Although this suffering may be self-imposed at times, it is what makes us humans but often this suffering is detrimental for society's rational structure of life and often induces "failure" as many might say but what is happiness without misery?
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Aunque debo decir que al principio me costo entender la primera parte, cuando se llega a la segunda se entienden muchas cosas de la que dice, y la forma en la que Dostoyevsky construyó a este personaje es incredible, y hasta cierto punto incomodo, porque en algunas partes las cosas que dice este retorcido personaje te hacen eco, y te pones a pensar en porque las cosas que esta diciendo este "loco" me hacen sentido. Tambien algo que siempre me gusta de leer las introspecciones de los (pocos leídos hasta el momento) personajes de Dostoyevsky es como se da cuenta de esos detalles que pasamos por alto pero que son cosas de nuestra naturaleza humana, para bien o para mal.
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
el personaje es similar al del extranjero, a patético con todo pasando alrededor suyo pero lo encontré más lento que el extranjero
challenging
dark
mysterious
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
I am reading the reviews of other readers and damn do I feel like the dumb kid in class. Reading this book felt like reading for class. I mean this in the way that I struggled to keep remembering to think of the meaning and struggled through the first half as the references went over my head. I could really only read it a little bit at a time. The Underground Man was an interesting but wholly unlikable character. To me he reminds me of modern day entitled men. To me I got the most meaning out of this book by drawing parallels to how a person like this would behave in modern day as a lot of the references of the time didn't mean much to me. So 3 stars and definitely don't be fooled by the size of this book. Its short but if you're dumb like me you need to read it slow to make sure you understand