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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
ولكن لماذا لماذا كل هذا الالم هذا الجحيم في الارض هذه الحياة الغريبه الصعبه الملئيه بالحاسيس المفهومه والغير مفهومه ولكن كفي هذا اكثر من ان اتحمله
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I wasn't fan of the narration nor how many monologues there were, but I suppose I can let those slide considering the period this was written in. All in all, it's an okay book, but nothing more than that.
3.5 stars. This unfinished novel leaves us wondering “what could have been” if Dostoevsky had completed it, but also kind of thankful that he left it behind to create greater works after his imprisonment in Siberia. The first two thirds of the narrative vaguely captured my interest, but seemed to lack the psychological depth that I’ve come to expect from Dostoevsky. Of course, it’s an incomplete early work, so this can be forgiven. Only after Netochka discovers a letter does this begin to feel like a Dostoevsky novel -- the confusion and inward struggle, the private suffering for a noble cause in the face of vice, the almost visionary moment of epiphany, etc. Just as things start rolling, the manuscript comes to an abrupt end, leaving the reader wanting more.
The middle section is noted for its hint of lesbianism, although I rather thought the relationship between Netochka and Katya was more of a symbolic one -- like doppelgängers or alter egos or split selves who are polar opposites being drawn together and repelled like magnets, or maybe heavenly bodies under gravitational forces (which I imagine was how their relationship would have continued to develop had Dostoevsky completed the novel). Perhaps there is even a note of Goethe’s rumination on [b:the theory of elective affinities,|128837|Elective Affinities|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1171977388s/128837.jpg|1426173] although I’m not familiar enough with the biographical details of the young Dostoevsky to know if he had been reading Goethe at that time.
This is not essential Dostoevsky, but it is well worth a read when you have explored most of his later masterpieces and shorter works.
The middle section is noted for its hint of lesbianism, although I rather thought the relationship between Netochka and Katya was more of a symbolic one -- like doppelgängers or alter egos or split selves who are polar opposites being drawn together and repelled like magnets, or maybe heavenly bodies under gravitational forces (which I imagine was how their relationship would have continued to develop had Dostoevsky completed the novel). Perhaps there is even a note of Goethe’s rumination on [b:the theory of elective affinities,|128837|Elective Affinities|Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1171977388s/128837.jpg|1426173] although I’m not familiar enough with the biographical details of the young Dostoevsky to know if he had been reading Goethe at that time.
This is not essential Dostoevsky, but it is well worth a read when you have explored most of his later masterpieces and shorter works.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dostoyevsky's "Netochka Nezvanova" (literally "nameless nobody") is an unfinished novel, comprised of only 7 chapters, which portrays the early formative years of the protagonist Netochka. The story is cut short because of Dostoyevsky's arrest in 1849 and his subsequent exile in a Siberian prison for having been a member of the Petrashevsky Circle in Sankt Petersburg. The novel was never completed after his release, as he started writing on other works.
me while reading: wow this is definitely one of the best books ive read lately, if not ever
last page: unfortunately, dostoevsky never got to finish this novel
me: die .
last page: unfortunately, dostoevsky never got to finish this novel
me: die .