Reviews - Братья Карамазовы

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Братья Карамазовы

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.31 AVERAGE

knihosaurus_rex69's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging inspiring reflective 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: Yes

perusingthepages326's review against another edition

3.0

Let me first say I read this book on a dare. I am part of a book group through my church, typically we read things on contemplative practices and so forth. when the group first started we used a text book to guide us through our meetings. I COMPLETELY HATED THIS TEXTBOOK! At the end of every chapter there were inane exercises to be done before eh next reading. About 3/4 through this book one of the excercises literally said, read a book for next weeks session by one of the great Russian writers, examples were given including Dostoyevsky's "Brothers". I rolled with laughter and a friend in the group challenged me to do this. I actually got a good run on it almost finishing it before the next meeting two weeks hence.

I found merit, but truly the characters are so romanticized that I couldn't make a connection to any of them or their perils. I imagine there are great lessons herein, but I can recite a one. I really am not a poor reader and do try to give the classics a college try - but I read this only on a bet and finished it only because of that.

Regardless, it is wonderfully written and is always highly rated as one of the 100 books to read - I just for the life of me don't get that,lol. I am adding it to my list just to get credit for my tenacity in finishing it!

canadiancrow's review against another edition

4.75

emotional inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

Minus .25 stars only because I did not feel that the speeches at the end needed to take up 100+ pages. Aside from that a flawless novel and his best work.

rymonroe's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective 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

araiz_zaria's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ETA: aight, aight! I gave in... this is a 5⭐ read, and indeed the only enjoyable Dosty novel to me 🤪

(since C&P was Blah 💀)

Man, I thought The Grand Inquisitor's speech was long,

but I sure was not prepared for the closing speeches from the trial 🤪🤪

. (ETA:) And why was the ending like that?? Like IDK man, doesn't seem like a cogent ending to me, but then again this is more about the real(ish) psychological snapshots of the characters after all, so solidity of the later plot device be damned.