756 reviews for:

Dobbeltgængeren

Fyodor Dostoevsky

3.51 AVERAGE

tomedling's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

muskanp33's review against another edition

3.5

reflective slow-paced

Strong character development: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book might have an unsatisfactory ending to some because of the lack of clarity in the early works of Dostoyevsky, however, the book extracts all the things a good book should: self-awareness, introspection, and empathy. You will often feel bad for Golyadkin, and then want to shut the book and hide when you experience some embarrassing error he has committed. You do feel bad for him, and somewhere in the middle of the book question how real Golyadkin’s reality can be. How crazed would we feel if one morning we awoke and met with our double? The suggestion that interprets the doppelgänger as a figment of imagination makes much more sense towards the end and resolves the issue to an extent. However, the ending still leaves much to be wanted.

atinymarika's review against another edition

4.0

challenging tense slow-paced

konsgard's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

shroomgirl420's review against another edition

4.5

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ninatytyeanna's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

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If all extroverts and Allistic people were forced to read this the world would be a million times nicer for autistics and introverts. Not quite at the level of my favourite Dostoevsky's, but he is quickly becoming my favourite author 🖤

somerfieldmollie's review against another edition

2.5

challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aberdeenwaters's review against another edition

3.0

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I found the ending pretty harrowing. I liked the attempt to get the reader in a weird mental state. But I found it somewhat difficult to really get into this short read. I liked it enough. I think I would've liked a little more depth and interrogation. But hey, is Dostoevksy--who am I?

s0on_'s review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

clever_cugel's review against another edition

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Started reading for a few reasons: 1) The movie "The Machinist" with Christian Bale was based on this story 2) I'ma a fan of Dostoevsky 3) very short; less than 140 pages.