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Humiliated and Insulted: From the Notes of an Unsuccessful Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.12 AVERAGE

chaotiqe's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

humano y sobrecogedor

aly_moh's review against another edition

2.0

شعور غريب جعلنى أعيد قراءة الرواية مرة ثانية بتمهل...انا حاليا فى حالة نفسية ومزاجية اسمح لى بأن اقولوابعد القراءة الثانية لنفس الرواية ان ديستويفسكى سيد الرواية الروسية والعالمية كذلك يستطيع ان يكون سيد المملين ايضا وبكل جدارة
مبالغة فى العواطف...الاسماء كما اعتدت مع الادب الروسى كبيرة وصعبة النطق والتذكر وده شىء بيبقا بايخ خصوصا لو الرواية اكتر من 300 صفحة ....الابطال كلهم مضطربون يثورون بلا سبب ويبكون بلاداعى ويركعون هاتفين بالمسيح المنقذ .....رواية من النوع الكلاسيكى كافلام الابيض والاسود العتيقة

jitka597's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

zac3's review against another edition

4.0

Not as good as Dostoyevsky's later masterpieces (Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov), but still better than most books you'll ever read. Dostoyevsky has a special ability to make you empathize with his heroes like you're experiencing their feelings yourself. But if you've read his later books, you can tell his writing hasn't yet reached its full potential in 'Humiliated and Isulted'.

**SPOILER**

I also found the book to be a bit too gloomy. Dostoyevsky's heroes always suffer greatly, but usually the reader is left with a glimer of hope (which he can choose to take or leave). Here the one-dimensionally evil prince wins, the humiliated accept their defeat and those who love selflessly end up dead or alone (or as it seems in the narrator's case, both).