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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
medium-paced
This is Dostoyevsky's first written novel, the one that made him known throughout Russia and consolidated him as an author, bringing his short stories and translations to the attention of many.
As a reader, I always thought there would be a before and after what Dostoyevsky lives in his imprisonment in Siberia in his writing and this novel proved me right. He was a good writer in both times, but his concerns, topics and convictions changed and his novels made that very present.
Here we have a social novel that focuses on poverty and the different problems it might bring like diseases, starvation, isolation, humiliation from fellow men, forced marriages and even death.
If it wasn't because there weren't any comic scenes, I would've thought this was a Dickens novel, something that never happened to me while reading Dostoyevsky before. His later works (after Siberia) focus on darker topics, on a fight of ideals between what's right and what's not, between faith in God and christianity and the eternal doubts a man can have of them while in distress.
This epistolary novel allows his author to show his genius, even in his debut novel, and shows ideals that will accompany him all his life, like having faith in God even when all is lost, the importance of charity and the unavoidable suffering that life brings to every human being.
As a reader, I always thought there would be a before and after what Dostoyevsky lives in his imprisonment in Siberia in his writing and this novel proved me right. He was a good writer in both times, but his concerns, topics and convictions changed and his novels made that very present.
Here we have a social novel that focuses on poverty and the different problems it might bring like diseases, starvation, isolation, humiliation from fellow men, forced marriages and even death.
If it wasn't because there weren't any comic scenes, I would've thought this was a Dickens novel, something that never happened to me while reading Dostoyevsky before. His later works (after Siberia) focus on darker topics, on a fight of ideals between what's right and what's not, between faith in God and christianity and the eternal doubts a man can have of them while in distress.
This epistolary novel allows his author to show his genius, even in his debut novel, and shows ideals that will accompany him all his life, like having faith in God even when all is lost, the importance of charity and the unavoidable suffering that life brings to every human being.
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
As part of my finally reading more of Fyodor Dostoevsky for familiarity and understanding.
I do like how readable and relatable it actually is.
Some of the British and other writing from the time can be quite different in terms of their vocabulary but even their settings and characters - nobility and the "struggles" they face.
This was much more relatable on just a human level.
I do like how readable and relatable it actually is.
Some of the British and other writing from the time can be quite different in terms of their vocabulary but even their settings and characters - nobility and the "struggles" they face.
This was much more relatable on just a human level.
sad
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
أيُّ حياة وأيُّ تجارب وأيُّ محيط مؤسف يعيش فيه الشخص ليكتب هذه الرواية المليئة بكل هذا الأسى والوجع وهو في سن العشرين فقط؟