justin1227 's review for:

The Brothers Karamazov (Bicentennial Edition): A Novel in Four Parts With Epilogue by Fyodor Dostoevsky

5.0

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I have a ton of thoughts atm and no way to properly order them but i will say that this is BY FAR my favorite of dostoevsky’s novels - he lets go of his harsh denunciation of the changing world and his absolute insistence on orthodoxy, and in doing so creates a gentle, profound, even joyful book. i still very much disagree with his politics and some of the philosophy he lands on, but the journey to these conclusions exhibits some of what is probably the best (and definitely most thoughtful) writing since shakespeare. this is the ultimate existential novel, and i have officially come around on dostoevsky.