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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
sad
3.9/5 - I finally finished this after a year of stopping and starting it…lol. This book was a rollercoaster, and while i do usually enjoy Dostoevsky’s ramblings i felt it was excessive in the book. Besides the rambling it felt like he couldn’t get to the point with the characters. However the characters didn’t feel surface level even though a lot of their lives happened off the page. Prince Myshkin is now probably my favorite or second favorite Dostoevsky character (besides Alyosha). He is the embodiment of kindness and empathy that is so lacking in the world-then and even now! While i did skim over a lot of parts I found that this will definitely be a memorable read for me!
sad ending though :(
sad ending though :(
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
emotional
tense
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
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Is Myshkin a positively good man, or is he simply an idiot? that seems to be the question of this book. I think he's a bit of both, but I fail to see him as this "christ-like" character that everyone else seems to see.
Myshkin is a naive, self absorbed man, who doesn't consider the consequences of his actions and has little to no real introspection, despite his tendency for soliloquizing.
The story itself is slow, (with lots of dialogue that I did actually find enjoyable), and filled with characters that seem to have no point except as worse people to bounce this "good" character off of. People are attracted to Myshkin because it is easy to use him for their own means, and hate Myshkin, for the same reason.
As in real life, there is no true conclusion, which I wouldn't mind (and would, in fact, like), if the rest of the book had had more substance.
Myshkin is a naive, self absorbed man, who doesn't consider the consequences of his actions and has little to no real introspection, despite his tendency for soliloquizing.
The story itself is slow, (with lots of dialogue that I did actually find enjoyable), and filled with characters that seem to have no point except as worse people to bounce this "good" character off of. People are attracted to Myshkin because it is easy to use him for their own means, and hate Myshkin, for the same reason.
As in real life, there is no true conclusion, which I wouldn't mind (and would, in fact, like), if the rest of the book had had more substance.