Reviews - Notes from Underground

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Notes from Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.99 AVERAGE

vilena's review against another edition

4.5

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hushed's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

ljmccluney's review against another edition

4.0

Psychologically and philosophically, this is a fascinating novel. Dostoyevsky manages to create a character you despise who exposes themes and ideas you may sympathize with. The Underground Man's inaction is endlessly frustrating, but somehow inspires you to act. His unreliableness as a narrator makes you question what he says, but also think more deeply about what you read. It actually got better *after* putting it down, which is an interesting quality for a book to have.

rryanum's review against another edition

3.75

Read this in junior year of HS. This is the one that really kickstarted my passion for reading.

chiar's review against another edition

3.0

“Siamo arrivati, dico, al punto da considerare la « vita vera » quasi quasi una fatica, qualcosa del genere d'un impiego, e conveniamo tutti, entro di noi, che son meglio i libri. E perché ci agitiamo ogni tanto, perché facciamo gli stravaganti, che cosa vogliamo in sostanza? Non lo sappiamo neppure noi.”
Dal sottosuolo, 1864.