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A review by xander79
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
5.0
Above all else this book made me laugh aloud more times than any other book I've read before deadass. I felt a bit confused whether to give this 5 stars or not because there's so much that I missed and also just so much that I fully don't even remember because of how long this book was and how hard it was for me to learn people's names. I read this book so extremely slowly like I would be staring at a page for full minutes and re-reading sentences BUT it was just because I wanted to get it all, and even with that I still feel like I missed so much.
OK so now here is my thoughts on the actual content of the book which may make me sound like an idiot myself... but also I don't want to spoil the fun so I'll be tactful but beware. There are times where you totally agree with the prince and everyone around him is bonkers and there are times where you think the prince is indeed an idiot and totally ridiculous. But that's what makes Dostoevsky's portrayal of the prince so convincing and logical. I need to re-read this at some point in my life because there are so many long passages that I am sure I did not get everything out of, definitely the whole thing with Rogozhin in part 2 and honestly a lot of Ippolit's parts... The way the each character interacts with the prince is so smart and I do not understand it enough! The major takeaway from this book is so grim but so convincing that I am inclined to believe it! Also in The Goldfinch they talk about The Idiot and I want to go back and read what they said LOL cause damn I wanna hear what Boris has to say that king. A lot of the political stuff flew over my head to be honest but I tried my best. I have never read a book that uses the title of the book so much. Ok now I feel like I sounded nonsensical here but really I cannot synthesize what I think about this book. Slide up with thoughts
OK so now here is my thoughts on the actual content of the book which may make me sound like an idiot myself... but also I don't want to spoil the fun so I'll be tactful but beware. There are times where you totally agree with the prince and everyone around him is bonkers and there are times where you think the prince is indeed an idiot and totally ridiculous. But that's what makes Dostoevsky's portrayal of the prince so convincing and logical. I need to re-read this at some point in my life because there are so many long passages that I am sure I did not get everything out of, definitely the whole thing with Rogozhin in part 2 and honestly a lot of Ippolit's parts... The way the each character interacts with the prince is so smart and I do not understand it enough! The major takeaway from this book is so grim but so convincing that I am inclined to believe it! Also in The Goldfinch they talk about The Idiot and I want to go back and read what they said LOL cause damn I wanna hear what Boris has to say that king. A lot of the political stuff flew over my head to be honest but I tried my best. I have never read a book that uses the title of the book so much. Ok now I feel like I sounded nonsensical here but really I cannot synthesize what I think about this book. Slide up with thoughts