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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
لدويستويفيسكي طريقة فريدة في استحواذ لب القارئ ، قرأت له أولا ذكريات منزل الأموات و أعجبتني كثيرا ، لكن حين بدأت بقراءة الأبله أدركت بأني أستمتع و أيما استمتاع حين أقرأ له ، و سيكون هدفي لهذه السنة بأن أقرأ جميع ما يتاح لي من مؤلفاته ، سبق و قرأت في مكان ما أن رواياته تندرج تحت أدب الرعب ، صراحة لا أستغرب هذا الأمر فمن يقرأ وصفه للحظات التي تسبق الإعدام و مشاعر المحكوم عليهم بالإعدام سيتملكه الرعب ، فلديه تلك الطريقة العجيبة لوضع المشاعر المختلفة في كلمات و إيصالها للقارئ دون عناء .
(Prince Myshkin does something nice)
All the Rich people: “my god that man is an idiot!”
All the Rich people: “my god that man is an idiot!”
adventurous
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’ve owned this since I was a junior in high school and had just accepted the idea that it was just a decoration for my shelves. I’ve read Crime and Punishment five times, but only once because I actually wanted to. Dostoevsky’s feverish confession-fueled style is hard for me. But after discussing him with my AP Lit class this month, I had a hankering for more. Very glad I finally read this. Some dips and staggers, but that ending just blew me away.
I don't really know how to review this book. I was captivated by the first part of the story, the atmosphere was just so mysterious, gloomy and yet one could sense such vitality. In the second part it was as if the tone of the book changed, so much happened in the second and third part that at one point I was confused, but in the end it all made sense. I was one of those people who liked the character of Prince Myshkin up to a certain thing he did in the end of the book. I think the characters of Aglaya, Nastassia and Rogozhin. Even though I cannot justify some of their actions, they have some redeeming qualities and after all their beauty is their complexity of character.
This whole story was tragic, but it was beautiful and it tells so much about human nature. We are vain, we are petty, we lie and deceive one another, but we are also brave, kind and noble. In the end the world cannot exist without both saints and sinners, and it is through their actions that life becomes such a beautiful mess. This story will stay with me for a long time.
This whole story was tragic, but it was beautiful and it tells so much about human nature. We are vain, we are petty, we lie and deceive one another, but we are also brave, kind and noble. In the end the world cannot exist without both saints and sinners, and it is through their actions that life becomes such a beautiful mess. This story will stay with me for a long time.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-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
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fuck me, I am so tired of these Christ-like characters such as Prinz Myschkin. Dostoevsky's conservatism never irritates me as much as it bores me. Find redemption in Christ or be damned, and so on. Good people are treated poorly but they endure for they are Orthodox Christians, and bad people treat others poorly but eventually go mad or die terribly or suffer ineffably or kill someone, for they are atheist nihilists. Seriously, Dostoevsky's 3 most distinguished novels are more or less the same bland of moralizing drivel. I am truly perplexed that the very same man is responsible for such works as Notes from Underground and The Dream of a Ridiculous Man. Those works are something to be marveled at, yet somehow, everyone ends up reading poorly disguised Christian fan fiction.