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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The Brothers Karamazov is part spiritual inquiry and part murder mystery. The father of this unlikely crew is Fyodor Karamazov. He has three sons: Dmitri, Ivan, Aloysha. Fyodor is a mean and greedy man and he sends his sons off to be raised by other people. The is a fantastic story though it gets bogged down with too much detail at times and it takes a bit to get used to the unfamiliar names. To make matters worse, everyone seems to have a nickname. I really think it’s the kind of book that requires more than one reading to absorb its subtle brilliance.
hopeful
medium-paced
3.5
What I liked:
- The characters were unpredictable and mysterious, even if they were described in great detail. I can see how FD’s character development is lauded as some of the best of all time. If I wrote fiction (which I don’t) I’d study the way FD paints character murals that change as you walk past them.
- The defence lawyer’s speech.
- The whodunnit of it all & the character dissection that comes from it.
- Minor characters and minor details were introduced memorably.
What I didn’t like:
- Nuggets of wisdom scattered carelessly and many going undeveloped. Makes for great Tumblr posts, but can an aside by a character that gets thrown in and never really gets expanded on again neither by the characters nor the other plot devices really be considered “wisdom”? Maybe?? For me they were nice little dopamine hits, but it took a while for me to like them again after I realised FD does little to expand beyond the moment they’re mentioned.
- The asides that the narrator themself says are asides and potentially not critical to the plot. Don’t????? Make??? Them???? 40 pages?? Long then??? And in KJV English too RIP.
- What FD does for characters he does the complete opposite for setting.
All in all, however, I am somehow compelled to read more Russian tomes. I’ll weirdly miss having to lug it around with me.
What I liked:
- The characters were unpredictable and mysterious, even if they were described in great detail. I can see how FD’s character development is lauded as some of the best of all time. If I wrote fiction (which I don’t) I’d study the way FD paints character murals that change as you walk past them.
- The defence lawyer’s speech.
- The whodunnit of it all & the character dissection that comes from it.
- Minor characters and minor details were introduced memorably.
What I didn’t like:
- Nuggets of wisdom scattered carelessly and many going undeveloped. Makes for great Tumblr posts, but can an aside by a character that gets thrown in and never really gets expanded on again neither by the characters nor the other plot devices really be considered “wisdom”? Maybe?? For me they were nice little dopamine hits, but it took a while for me to like them again after I realised FD does little to expand beyond the moment they’re mentioned.
- The asides that the narrator themself says are asides and potentially not critical to the plot. Don’t????? Make??? Them???? 40 pages?? Long then??? And in KJV English too RIP.
- What FD does for characters he does the complete opposite for setting.
All in all, however, I am somehow compelled to read more Russian tomes. I’ll weirdly miss having to lug it around with me.
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
slow-paced