Reviews - Братья Карамазовы

4.54k reviews for:

Братья Карамазовы

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.31 AVERAGE

twowayradio's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful 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

chondrus_crispus's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark reflective

flovntic's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

gatosinbotas_'s review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

190515's review against another edition

4.5

challenging 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

This is a book that requires full dedication of time and attention, for better or for worse. On one hand and where I found its strength, the character study chapters were laid out in thought-provoking articulate ways. On the other, the pacing and (getting familiar with) the historical context felt like a hurdle at times.

But all in all, the writing itself was filled with beautiful passages that made me wish I knew Russian, and most crucial to me, had me going over the pages repeatedly in wanting to examine myself through Dostoevsky’s exploration of the complexity of his characters and their relationships with faith, freewill, and existence.

“A very strong centripetal force exists on our planet. I want to live, and I do live, although it’s against all logic. I may not believe in an ordered world, but the tiny sticky leaf-buds of spring are dear to me, the blue sky is dear to me, one or two people are dear to me—though for the life of me I sometimes really wonder why—and so is the occasional human achievement, which perhaps I long ago ceased to believe in…”