rossco108 's review for:

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Despite its reputation and its passages of philosophical brilliance, "Karamazov" did not resonate with me. I found it slow and filled with lengthy dialogue that was utterly unrealistic. Dostoyevsky is a master at his craft - there's no doubt about that - but his craft is the philosophic treatise, not the well-paced novel.

Had this book been a collection of essays, I would have embraced it. As it is, "The Brothers Karamazov" is too meditative and static to be an engaging novel.