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spoetnik's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.5
maggieshalloe's review against another edition
3.0
Not much of a plot, but really descriptive. I love how it’s written, and it’s surprisingly light considering it’s subject matter!
paulinakas's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
rolsbooks's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.5
This will probably be my least favorite from Dostoevsky. There were some parts I really enjoyed but those did not save the overall pretty dull writing (sorry Fyodor). Would have liked it better as a collection of short stories
gracieisntrad's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
2.25
this literally took me weeks to read. there were a few moving chapters, but i have a feeling this will be my least favorite dostoevsky. would have enjoyed this more as an essay collection
pixiebix's review against another edition
Faye DNF’ing a Dostoyevsky? Unfortunately so.
I really feel like I’ve given this a good shot, but God, we’re just trudging on and on. I don’t feel like this is an account of prison life as much as it is a (painfully detailed) account of random prisoner after random prisoner after random prisoner. We’re learning about random-ass escapades that are more based on the inner trade system of the prison (?) than anything else, and… yeah. Not bothered. Not in the least. This is just way, way too zoned into the minute details. There’s not a chance I can abide another 200 pages of it.
I really feel like I’ve given this a good shot, but God, we’re just trudging on and on. I don’t feel like this is an account of prison life as much as it is a (painfully detailed) account of random prisoner after random prisoner after random prisoner. We’re learning about random-ass escapades that are more based on the inner trade system of the prison (?) than anything else, and… yeah. Not bothered. Not in the least. This is just way, way too zoned into the minute details. There’s not a chance I can abide another 200 pages of it.