It's one of those where we get sold the whole.. 'Russia was a peasant backwater that had stagnated under the Tsars before Stalin launched the brutal equivalent of an industrial revolution in the five year plans that pulled the Soviet Union into modernity at huge cost to lives.' And yet you look a...
The most difficult thing about reading Fyodor Dostoyevsky is pronouncing his name I think. The first Dostoyevsky book I read was [b:Crime and Punishment|7144|Crime and Punishment|Fyodor Dostoyevsky|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1382846449s/7144.jpg|3393917], I liked it well enough even though it was...
I've delayed this review because I was (and I am) strongly convinced that adding my opinion to the list of million of opinions in the world about the book was..unnecessary. Particularly because giving to The Brothers Karamazov 4 stars could be judged as a crime! But, to appease the potentially angry...
On the surface this novel could be read as a psychological thriller, family drama, and murder mystery--with enough of a twist to satisfy an Agatha Christie fan. It's rather beside the point though, and the reveal is hardly the climax of the book. This is after all one of the most celebrated works of...
Oh Dostoyevsky! You poor soul!When I read you, I feel sadness penetrating so deep in my heart. You shatter my happiness into pieces, and you know what, I love that! If your novels make me sad, I won’t reject reading them! I will love to read them! I will spend every penny I have so I can get them, r...
I know it is a classic and considered by some to be one of the best novels ever, but I can't continue on when I'm bored to death. I'm not interested in discussions about God so the theme of much of this is not at all interesting to me. Maybe I'll pick it back up someday.
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