A review by kalimuniz
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

challenging reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

For the reader who likes deep emotional reading and reflection rather than easy-reading. Our unnamed narrator tells the story of his adulthood and how he writes it from living in solitude reflecting on being outcast from society (by choice). He sees humans as predictable within the laws of nature, superiority complex, and classism. He acknowledges how different things may have been had he took different actions in situations that defined him as a “failure” to societies expectations as he reveals the brutal honesty of humanity and questions what the meaning of it all is. 
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