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Alright, I'm a huge Dostoevsky fan. I have a sticker of the guy on the back of my phone. Crime and Punishment is my second favorite book. But The Idiot is just boring. I love Dostoevsky for his psychologically hard-pressed characters. His characters have more emotional depth than most real humans. But The Idiot is just a disappointment. Who's Nastasya going to marry? Who's it going to be!?!? It all feels so artificial and absurd. Maybe that's why I disliked the book; I came into it expecting Dostoevsky-esque realism, but I got proto-postmodern-existentialism, with all these characters making totally inane decisions. SKIP!
This is the third book in Murakami's “The Rat” series, and it's noticeably longer and more developed than the previous two. And, what would you know, the book is a wild sheep chase! This is a very enjoyable and satisfying read that will make you become a Murakami fan. He has such an interesting mind that can come up with such outlandish yet incredible stories.
Asimov delivers again! First half of the book is a little slow, but I found it very hard to put the book down when reading the second half. What an absolute delight to read!
Extraordinarily boring and unoriginal. What kind of love letter is this? This book is unreal, and not in a good way. Woolf manages to communicate basic happenings in the most verbose manner possible. The prose can be said to be “flowery,” but again, not in a good way.
Where do I even start? I don't know what to say about Notes from Underground as a literary piece. I'll just say that it requires patience.
As an artistic work, it's remarkable. Dostoevsky embarks on such an incredibly display of talent–
No. I'm not even going to try. I'm confused. You should read it, but you'll also be confused.