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A review by pk1
Notes from a Dead House by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Did not finish book.
2.0
It's with a heavy heart (I know, dramatic) that I'm DNFing this one. I'm about half-way through and not getting much out of it. I've been forcing myself to pick this up. And you know what? This isn't required reading time lol.
I LOVE Dostoevsky, but this is tedious to get through. The first few chapters were interesting, and Dostoevsky makes good insights into the prison/punishment system, but it started to get monotonous once I got a feel for the prison, the prisoners, and his arguments. By the half-way mark it gets very similar to where the plot or argument doesn't seem to be going anywhere else. If you're new to Dostoevsky, or Russian lit in general, I would not recommend this as a starting point.
I LOVE Dostoevsky, but this is tedious to get through. The first few chapters were interesting, and Dostoevsky makes good insights into the prison/punishment system, but it started to get monotonous once I got a feel for the prison, the prisoners, and his arguments. By the half-way mark it gets very similar to where the plot or argument doesn't seem to be going anywhere else. If you're new to Dostoevsky, or Russian lit in general, I would not recommend this as a starting point.