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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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:
Yes
What can I say but that I could see and feel Dostoevsky's heart beating in these pages. It felt like this was a more personal work. What unforgettable characters this man creates! It left me devastated.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
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
- Goed verhaal
- sommige stukken (vooral Lebedev’s tirades) waren wel heel lang, saai en hadden veel korter gekund
- heel boeiend geschreven, ondanks dat er soms niet heel veel spannends gebeurt
- sommige stukken (vooral Lebedev’s tirades) waren wel heel lang, saai en hadden veel korter gekund
- heel boeiend geschreven, ondanks dat er soms niet heel veel spannends gebeurt
"But, nevertheless, I will add that in any ingenious or new human thought, or even simply in any serious human thought born in someone's head, there always remains something which it is quite impossible to convey to other people, though you may fill whole volumes with writing and spend thirty-five years trying to explain your thought; there always remains something that absolutely refuses to leave your skull and will stay with you forever: you will die with it, not having conveyed to anyone what is perhaps most important in your idea."
also holy shit that ending
also holy shit that ending
Felt like an idiot myself with how long it took me to get a handle on the names of all the characters, but once I did it became a much easier read. Could almost understand a quote I came across once about Dostoevsky being the perfect author for when you are sick in bed and need to read something easy. Boring in some parts but mostly interesting. I don't know maybe it was never boring, and I am just impatient for easy entertainment because of my social media addiction. Relatedly, that is another thing I like here. Characters are constantly contradicting themselves. Giving an opinion and two sentences later 'well, perhaps that is wrong.' Though, on the other hand, they also often are furious when someone else tells them their opinion is wrong. Which, relatable. Also, I was sure Rogozhin was going to murder Myshkin at the end. Really great ending. Like a horror movie. Has there been a movie version of this book? (I just checked and yes). The moral of the story as I read it is, either (a) Myshkin is an idealist and because of this does not treat people as people, which hurts them or (b) Myshkin is naive, kind and innocent which is more important than his ideological framework, but hurts people because of his own complete lack of understanding of 'badness' and what might feel bad to another person. I suppose I think the second is more what Dostoevsky was going for In whichever case, here, bad people make the world a worse place and good people, accidentally, make the world a worse place also.
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes