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4.31 AVERAGE
4.31 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Not for me. Ruined reading for me for a while.
I gave it a good try, but it reads like a bible. Its slow and I have NO idea how schools force high school kids to read this.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
DNF at 50%
I won't rate it because that wouldn't be fair. I gave this book everything I had and I just can't anymore. I'm so fucking bored. The murder mystery hasn't even happened and Im 50% through. Its just been constant discussion and rants on religion. Belief in God or atheism. I feel like I am being preached to. Belief good, atheism bad. I don't like any of the characters. All of them are insufferable. I know my Mother would have loved this and I wanted to love it too, but sadly that is not the case.
I won't rate it because that wouldn't be fair. I gave this book everything I had and I just can't anymore. I'm so fucking bored. The murder mystery hasn't even happened and Im 50% through. Its just been constant discussion and rants on religion. Belief in God or atheism. I feel like I am being preached to. Belief good, atheism bad. I don't like any of the characters. All of them are insufferable. I know my Mother would have loved this and I wanted to love it too, but sadly that is not the case.
A masterpiece, but haunting, and the only book I've read that has caused physiological anxiety during the read. Will require a lot of conversation to understand.
reflective
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:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
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
kind of a rough translation, particularly within the prose, but overall a glorious story.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Complicated
I finished The Brothers Karamazov in February, and I haven’t really thought about it in a while. It meant a lot while I was reading it — it pulled me in, made me think, made me feel — but over time, it faded. I didn’t walk away from it transformed. It didn’t stay with me the way I expected it to. I do, however, think that this book is best suited to those who's ideas and ideals have been shaped through years of experience — something I lack. I'm young and malleable, and the books eminence clouded my judgement and caused me to accept whatever was being said without question.
But in the moment, it was powerful. There were stretches where I felt totally immersed — not in the plot so much, but in the questions it was asking. Ivan’s chapters in particular pulled me in hard. The Grand Inquisitor, the Devil hallucination, the whole unraveling of his mind — it hit something in me. Not because it resonated with me a whole lot, but because he was constantly wrestling with his own ignorance. His constant need to question, to push, to not settle for comfortable beliefs — I appreciated that. At times it felt superfluous, like he was trying too hard to break everything down, but that’s also what made him feel real. Like someone who couldn’t stop even when it was hurting him.
Alyosha didn’t really move me as much, but I respected him. He was supposed to be the star of the show, which I think he was, but I think the character is too pretty and naive. While I think his selflessness is admirable, it can also bite you in the ass in practice. He wasn’t trying to prove anything. He just stayed steady. It was only later that I realized how rare that is — someone who isn’t always reacting or explaining, just present.
Ilyusha’s death stood out more than a lot of the “big” moments. Not because it was grand, but because it felt human. Simple. It reminded me that the emotional weight of this book isn’t in the philosophy — it’s in the quiet stuff, the small tragedies. Death in literature can be glorified and theatrical, but Ilyusha's death is the most accurate I've seen in what I've read so far.
Dmitri was messy. I never fully figured him out. And Smerdyakov was… just strange. Cold. Detached. I kept wanting more from him, but maybe that’s the point. Maybe he wasn’t supposed to be explained.
I came to the book kind of hard-edged in what I believed — skeptical, not really open to all the religious stuff but all without much reason, I haven't cared to answer why I have those beliefs much. And I still walked away with most of the same views. But I came out more open to the idea that belief, for some people, is less about answers and more about survival. About structure. About staying kind in a world that doesn’t reward it.
There’s this Bukowski quote I thought about while reading: “Those faces you see every day on the streets were not created without hope.” I think the book got at that. Even the worst people in it had some kind of longing. Everyone was carrying something.
I haven’t thought about the book much since I finished it. But I’m still glad I read it. It met me in the moment I needed it, and that’s enough. Not every book has to stay forever. Some just show up, rattle you for a bit, and move on. Will pick it up again in a few years.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
a long paragraph review never enough to describe how GOAT this book is. this is my first dostoevsky book... kata orang-orang gw kayak bundir baca ini bukannya baca yg ringan dulu, tp jujur gw gapernah menyesal TBK jadi buku pertama gw dari dostoevsky.
i’m in the middle of writing my thesis while reading it. gue gak pernah menyesal memilih untuk vacuum skripsian dan ngabisin waktu buat baca buku ini 😂 this book changing my life slowly, cara gue melihat manusia, dan jadi mengerti kalo manusia itu beragam sifatnya.
this book also changing my perspective about god. ada dan tidaknya tuhan tergantung dari manusia yang menyikapinya. kalaupun tuhan tidak ada, manusia pasti akan menciptakannya apapun yang terjadi—sama yang terjadi kayak hal mistis lainnya. buku ini kental akan eksistensialisme dan nihilisme, yang di salurkan lewat tindakan dan sifat kompleks tokoh-tokohnya.
Dmitri dengan sifatnya yang sangat sensualist dan professional lunatic yapper, Ivan si penantang status quo, dan Alexei si lugu dan naif. they are complement each other dan saling sayang meskipun gak sedarah. kalau kata orang-orang, karakternya Alexei dibuat berlebihan dan paling sempurna, menurut gw enggak! baik Alyosha, Vanya, maupun Mitenka, semuanya sangat-sangat humanis. Waktu di bab Alyosha, Alyosha sendiri sangat bingung dan merenung dipemakaman Zosima karena kejadian (beep) menurut gw itu sangat manusiawi banget.
selain itu, buku kelima di bab The Grand Inquisitor sangat-sangat personal buat gw pribadi. gw sangat suka dialognya Ivan dan Alexei. dan dibab ini pula, gw jatuh cinta sama karakter anak kedua karamazov. Ivan my Shayla... :(
intinya, mau gw yapping sebanyak apapun di sini, gak akan pernah cukup buat menggambarkan sebagus apa buku ini. buku ini bagus bgt bgt bgt, kalo bisa gw kasih rate 1000000/10. i’ll read another dostoevsky next time!
i’m in the middle of writing my thesis while reading it. gue gak pernah menyesal memilih untuk vacuum skripsian dan ngabisin waktu buat baca buku ini 😂 this book changing my life slowly, cara gue melihat manusia, dan jadi mengerti kalo manusia itu beragam sifatnya.
this book also changing my perspective about god. ada dan tidaknya tuhan tergantung dari manusia yang menyikapinya. kalaupun tuhan tidak ada, manusia pasti akan menciptakannya apapun yang terjadi—sama yang terjadi kayak hal mistis lainnya. buku ini kental akan eksistensialisme dan nihilisme, yang di salurkan lewat tindakan dan sifat kompleks tokoh-tokohnya.
Dmitri dengan sifatnya yang sangat sensualist dan professional lunatic yapper, Ivan si penantang status quo, dan Alexei si lugu dan naif. they are complement each other dan saling sayang meskipun gak sedarah. kalau kata orang-orang, karakternya Alexei dibuat berlebihan dan paling sempurna, menurut gw enggak! baik Alyosha, Vanya, maupun Mitenka, semuanya sangat-sangat humanis. Waktu di bab Alyosha, Alyosha sendiri sangat bingung dan merenung dipemakaman Zosima karena kejadian (beep) menurut gw itu sangat manusiawi banget.
selain itu, buku kelima di bab The Grand Inquisitor sangat-sangat personal buat gw pribadi. gw sangat suka dialognya Ivan dan Alexei. dan dibab ini pula, gw jatuh cinta sama karakter anak kedua karamazov. Ivan my Shayla... :(
intinya, mau gw yapping sebanyak apapun di sini, gak akan pernah cukup buat menggambarkan sebagus apa buku ini. buku ini bagus bgt bgt bgt, kalo bisa gw kasih rate 1000000/10. i’ll read another dostoevsky next time!