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A review by aidonz
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.0
This felt like two completely different books combined into one. First half is a philosophical rant, somewhat incoherent at times but I found many of the arguments that were strung together to be enjoyable. The narrator sort of justifies his rediculous way of life by arguing how irrational humans are. While both parts share a narrator, you don't get to see how wretched he is until part two.
Have you ever been falling asleep only to shoot awake when you think of something you "should have said" in an argument you were in earlier that day? This narrator is so conceited and narcissistic that he lives in his own world of "I ought to" and "if only I". The narrative begins with the main character hatching a master plan to bump shoulders with a man on the street out of spite. Like, it literally goes into insane detail on how much he plans and yearns for physically bumping into someone as an insult. This narrator is a horrible man and that is made clear at the very beginning. While the unabashed rediculous nature of the story is comical at times, it's equally tedious. However, it really wasn't like anything I've read before and I am excited to read more Dostoyevsky.
Have you ever been falling asleep only to shoot awake when you think of something you "should have said" in an argument you were in earlier that day? This narrator is so conceited and narcissistic that he lives in his own world of "I ought to" and "if only I". The narrative begins with the main character hatching a master plan to bump shoulders with a man on the street out of spite. Like, it literally goes into insane detail on how much he plans and yearns for physically bumping into someone as an insult. This narrator is a horrible man and that is made clear at the very beginning. While the unabashed rediculous nature of the story is comical at times, it's equally tedious. However, it really wasn't like anything I've read before and I am excited to read more Dostoyevsky.