The Brothers Karamazov (Penguin Classics) - Community Reviews back

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David McDuff

Blogged Out Ma Nut rated it

13 years ago

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Worthwhile but a bit ranty :)

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Beauty and the Book rated it

13 years ago

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It took me forever to get into this book but when I did I really enjoyed the complex characters and their interactions with each other. I found the parts of this book that I enjoyed were very similar to Anna Karenina and War and Peace which were the social aspects. I enjoy reading about Russian soci...

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JeffreyKeeten rated it

13 years ago

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If you like your books to move in a linear fashion this book is not for you. It hops around and attention must be paid or you will find yourself flipping back a few pages to reestablish the thread of the story. I took this on a plane flight, crazy right? Not exactly the normal "light" reading I ta...

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UNICORN PORN FOR ALL rated it

13 years ago

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Brothers Karamazov is an exceptionally tricky and intricate book. It's also an exceptional pain in the ass. I might have to create a new shelf for it called "I'd Have To Read It Again To Get It But I'd Rather Just Not Get It." Tristram Shandy can join it there. The first problem is when a speech is ...

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Mitostargazer rated it

13 years ago

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phew! this giant mammoth of a book is one of the most expansive and inclusive depiction of 19th century Russia, second only to War and Peace, and yet different in its own way. If Crime and Punishment is intense torture packed in a normal sized novel, then this is bit-by-bit exploration of that tortu...

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A Cruel Man Delighting in Flowers rated it

13 years ago

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It is, of course, intimidating to write a review to attach to a book such as this, a masterpiece wrought by a master. I had read it before in a different translation perhaps fifteen years or so ago, and so it was I began to rediscover many of the ideas that influenced my own ideas. Some books become...

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Saquib Mehmood's Blog rated it

14 years ago

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riley rated it

14 years ago

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I know it's sacrilege but I might still like C&P better. I'm not sure however. I can't make up my mind. This has everything about Dostoevsky that I love and the themes are expressed in greater detail than ever before. It is a remarkable book, but I still think that there's something about C&P t...

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Telynor's Library, and then some rated it

14 years ago

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I tried, I struggled, and made it to just under 400 pages of this one. Onto the DNF shelf, mores the pity.

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Amadan na Briona rated it

14 years ago

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Whew! This was a long, long book to listen to. I've never been a huge fan of Russian literature, and this book reminded me why. The Brothers Karamazov isn't so much a story as a lengthy disquisition on the Russian character and the issues of Dostoyevsky's day, detailed personality profiles, and digr...

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