"If you want to read a MUCH better account of Russia during the revolution, Read 'Anthem' by Ayn Rand."
"Perhaps most interesting to me is the optic into Dostoyevsky's life, surviving in a repressive society, grappling with redefinition of guilt and crime...thought crime."
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY: DIED 1881, BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION: OCCURRED 1917 JESUS FUCKING CHRIST I CAN'T BELIEVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON MANAGED TO MAKE THIS MISTAKE
"This was the most boring book I've ever read. I really don't care about a bunch of Russians view on politics and right and wrong because I see all of their views as incorrect to the foundations of our society."
"I could NOT BELIEVE that someone was allowed to WRITE about killing an old woman, and that the writer could imagine what was going on in the killer's mind."
"All the claims lobbed at Dostoyevsky over Tolstoy are mere facade -- they both had the same downfall -- a love of philosophy and a dearth of prose ability. Dostoyevsky the mystic lost his footing whenever he went over 160 pgs."
"I read the whole book (including all of the hard to pronounce names) waiting to see if he would get away with it only to find out he ends up in prison"
"I felt so sorry for the main character (Rolskanikov? sp), I understood what he was going through"
"I want to review this book but I'm too busy killing myself. If you value your free time in any way you will not read this. The main character is a crazy person who never feels remorse for his ridiculous crime of killing two women with an axe and continues to never be an actual person makes this book the worst thing I've ever spent time on."
"This is really not a very good book. It is tortuously slow, the psychology of many of the characters is not persuasive, and I was so glad to finally be finished with the thing. So, if Crime and Punishment was on your bucket list, I give you permission to strike it off without guilt."
"The crime is that it was written, the punishment is having to read it."
"'Crime and Punishment' is a meaningless, maddening maze with no point, no beginning and no end, no purpose, no plot and especially, no prose."
"I was a bit ambivalent about the congruity of the setting/time period ... what about the justice/legal system? Raskolnikov's punishment seemed way too unrealistic"
"I felt that the concept of man exploring his dark side and the effect it has on him is much better explored in today’s media. Today we are more comfortable with the anti-hero in our medium and this in turn allows us to explore it deeper. Take shows like 'Breaking Bad' or books like 'American Psycho' and hundreds of other such material.
This was probably a very daring book in Dostoyevsky’s time, but today, this is one subject, I think we can claim the present to be the golden age for."
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Thursday, August 1, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Notes from Underground II
"Ilike his honesty. some of his thoughts are so absurd but are real & do express the absurdity of human's thoughts. for example, It Is So real that some times CUZ Someone is angry
He tries to get rid of his fury by being mean to someone else. Also,it is so authentic that sometimes one tries to hide sth by saying the exact opposite to people."
"There are many ways to take a theme and make an existential point without boring the reader to tears."
"The question I have that makes me wonder if I don't get it is simply—why? Why does he have to be an self-obsessed asshole? Why can't he be a Buddhist?"
"Ugly. Like looking at a newly born sparrow.
I could not find any redeeming reason to read this. I did not want to be near the book after trying. I tried as he was supposed to be a great author. My memory tells me that I threw this book into the trash. I did not want it on my book shelf."
"First of all, with a name like 'Fyodor Dostoyevsky' how in the world can a guy get published? Perhaps he shouldn't be. That is my opinion."
"I HATE THIS BOOK
awful!"
"i want to put things inside you
not just sex things
important things
like my thoughts
and my books
#Notes From Underground #alt lit #alt-lit #altlit #Poetry"
SOUNDS UNCOMFORTABLE
"Fyodor Dostoevsky: the original hipster"
"For the life of me, all I could see in this novel were the ramblings of a petty, contradictory, indecisive, insufferable abomination of a narrator that severely lacked in social skills. I might appreciate the Underground Man more if he didn't come across to me as an obnoxious, delusional moron."
He tries to get rid of his fury by being mean to someone else. Also,it is so authentic that sometimes one tries to hide sth by saying the exact opposite to people."
"There are many ways to take a theme and make an existential point without boring the reader to tears."
"The question I have that makes me wonder if I don't get it is simply—why? Why does he have to be an self-obsessed asshole? Why can't he be a Buddhist?"
"Ugly. Like looking at a newly born sparrow.
I could not find any redeeming reason to read this. I did not want to be near the book after trying. I tried as he was supposed to be a great author. My memory tells me that I threw this book into the trash. I did not want it on my book shelf."
"First of all, with a name like 'Fyodor Dostoyevsky' how in the world can a guy get published? Perhaps he shouldn't be. That is my opinion."
"I HATE THIS BOOK
awful!"
"i want to put things inside you
not just sex things
important things
like my thoughts
and my books
#Notes From Underground #alt lit #alt-lit #altlit #Poetry"
SOUNDS UNCOMFORTABLE
"Fyodor Dostoevsky: the original hipster"
"For the life of me, all I could see in this novel were the ramblings of a petty, contradictory, indecisive, insufferable abomination of a narrator that severely lacked in social skills. I might appreciate the Underground Man more if he didn't come across to me as an obnoxious, delusional moron."
Monday, July 1, 2013
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Notes from Underground
"'I am a bored girl. I am a tired girl.' If you preceive that this is mockery of the way Notes from Underground opens, you are absolutely right. If Dostoevsky was trying to attain unto 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,' by Dickens, he comes immeasurable short."
"All I've got right now is Douche. Burger."
"I find it depressing. I'm sure there were some deep thoughts that I carelessly glanced over while reading it. What can I say? These books are best analyzed by those who aren't hopeless optimists like me. :)"
"All I could think of is 'why doesn't this guy just get a better attitude and get on with life?'"
"There are no words for the agony I went through to finish this."
"What a waste of 90 pages. We get it. Everything is meaningless. Human nature is rotten and awful. But if it's all so meaningless, why write about it? There's no point to anything. So why write at all?"
"A whole lotta jibba jabba."
"Ugh! That's all I can say! Ugh!"
"By today's standards, his technical ability to write is horrible ... The writing, to say the least, is amateurish by even the lowest standard. If this were to be written today, it would be patronized by publishers and (if it even made it to publication) by critics for the silly use of language. There is not a single technical description in the entire novel, and sentence structure is 5th grade Essay Contest at best. Are we really supposed to believe this man of intelligence and 'high consciousness' can't write any better than the average 10-year-old? Some will argue that the writing is intentionally bad to show the mental decay of the Underground Man. This argument may be valid, except that in the sections before the Underground Man's mental trepidation are displayed the writing is even worse ... While some of the ideas are cute (though whiney), nothing in this entire section reaches an intelligence level above common sense. This isn't a book you learn something from. This isn't a book that causes you to think about the depth of meaning. This isn't even a character study, really ... I consider it relevant too. To kids in fifth grade. If you're older than that, and this is still insightful to you, I am insulating your intelligence."
"I remind myself that reading a first, whether it's Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, or e. e. cummings, may be a tedious look backward. I don't think this would be published these days because it's not very interesting, but as an early example of its genre and style it was remarkable. From the present perspective, the narrator's whiny, snively, rumination and self-justification is a grating bore."
"A marvelous story put in way too many words just like all books from this era of Russian literature. It's best to read a summary of this book, not the book itself."
"All I've got right now is Douche. Burger."
"I find it depressing. I'm sure there were some deep thoughts that I carelessly glanced over while reading it. What can I say? These books are best analyzed by those who aren't hopeless optimists like me. :)"
"All I could think of is 'why doesn't this guy just get a better attitude and get on with life?'"
"There are no words for the agony I went through to finish this."
"What a waste of 90 pages. We get it. Everything is meaningless. Human nature is rotten and awful. But if it's all so meaningless, why write about it? There's no point to anything. So why write at all?"
"A whole lotta jibba jabba."
"Ugh! That's all I can say! Ugh!"
"By today's standards, his technical ability to write is horrible ... The writing, to say the least, is amateurish by even the lowest standard. If this were to be written today, it would be patronized by publishers and (if it even made it to publication) by critics for the silly use of language. There is not a single technical description in the entire novel, and sentence structure is 5th grade Essay Contest at best. Are we really supposed to believe this man of intelligence and 'high consciousness' can't write any better than the average 10-year-old? Some will argue that the writing is intentionally bad to show the mental decay of the Underground Man. This argument may be valid, except that in the sections before the Underground Man's mental trepidation are displayed the writing is even worse ... While some of the ideas are cute (though whiney), nothing in this entire section reaches an intelligence level above common sense. This isn't a book you learn something from. This isn't a book that causes you to think about the depth of meaning. This isn't even a character study, really ... I consider it relevant too. To kids in fifth grade. If you're older than that, and this is still insightful to you, I am insulating your intelligence."
"I remind myself that reading a first, whether it's Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, or e. e. cummings, may be a tedious look backward. I don't think this would be published these days because it's not very interesting, but as an early example of its genre and style it was remarkable. From the present perspective, the narrator's whiny, snively, rumination and self-justification is a grating bore."
"A marvelous story put in way too many words just like all books from this era of Russian literature. It's best to read a summary of this book, not the book itself."
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment III
"HATED this book. Long and tedious, but more importantly, it puts the reader inside the mind of a crazy person, and it was not someplace I wanted to be"
"Call me a Philistine, but this would have scored higher if the editor had removed the repetitions and thus halved its length."
"I feel it fails at the fundamentals of what a story should be about. Sure, we sympathise with our anti hero, who for some reason feels compelled to commit murder for the sole reason of seeing if he can get away with it.
But the tale becomes so dreary and chlaustrophobic, and Raskolnikov becomes so wrapped up himself we are treated to too much internal reflection. I'm sure it is a commentary on many aspects of life, but of what worth is this, if the story cannot hold the reader to deliver such things. This book, for me, is outdated and irrelevant, and Im sure I will incur the wrath of the purists for that statement.
But, dear reader, consider this. You are considering buying this, right? Hence you're reading a review on it. If it is part of a course for you, or you have an inflated opinion of your own intellectual faculties, buy it with my blessing and gibber on to your friends about how sophisticated you are to have read this. But, if, like me, you are looking for a good novel with some value for a more casual reader, steer well clear, and by doing so distance yourself from the pretentious crowd."
"Pseudo intelectual by a racist writer
The only people who should read this book are people who belong to so called ' intelectual' parties, or people who have commited terrible crimes - it can replace death as ' The Capital Punnishment' .
If you're intrested in good literature, smart writing, character analysis, ANYTHING... search elsewhere.
If you shot your Teacher for forcing you to read this, you have my sympathy"
"In this inspired book, Dosoyevsky forwards a complex, brilliant and innovative world view - that you have to be punnished for your crimes!
By a sexist, racist writer, we get the story to bore even the most adequate reader. It's so boring, dead people will rise to shut you up if you'll read it to them.
This is the lamest so-called classic I've ever read ... And by the way, lots of people say they liked 'Brothers K'. It is, admittedly, somewhat better then this one, but that's like being drier then the ocean. Evoid at all costs!"
"There are people like this man in the world, of that I have no doubt, but through their pains, sufferings, and guilty consience, things will not be alright, and this is something that should not even be suggested to the weak and fickle minds of today."
"It is a crime that I was punished by this wordy tripe!"
"Lessons this book teaches us: 'You are not superiour to other people, do not kill other people, God is the answer to all your problems'
Good. now let's go after some teletabbies."
"Well what can I say, I would much rather find myself engrossed in some soup label literature than this atrocity. Who is this guy? This book makes me feel physically ill and I have the continous urge to rush to the bathroom and deposit my last eaten meal everytime I come across the novel lying on the kitchen table."
"Call me a Philistine, but this would have scored higher if the editor had removed the repetitions and thus halved its length."
"I feel it fails at the fundamentals of what a story should be about. Sure, we sympathise with our anti hero, who for some reason feels compelled to commit murder for the sole reason of seeing if he can get away with it.
But the tale becomes so dreary and chlaustrophobic, and Raskolnikov becomes so wrapped up himself we are treated to too much internal reflection. I'm sure it is a commentary on many aspects of life, but of what worth is this, if the story cannot hold the reader to deliver such things. This book, for me, is outdated and irrelevant, and Im sure I will incur the wrath of the purists for that statement.
But, dear reader, consider this. You are considering buying this, right? Hence you're reading a review on it. If it is part of a course for you, or you have an inflated opinion of your own intellectual faculties, buy it with my blessing and gibber on to your friends about how sophisticated you are to have read this. But, if, like me, you are looking for a good novel with some value for a more casual reader, steer well clear, and by doing so distance yourself from the pretentious crowd."
"Pseudo intelectual by a racist writer
The only people who should read this book are people who belong to so called ' intelectual' parties, or people who have commited terrible crimes - it can replace death as ' The Capital Punnishment' .
If you're intrested in good literature, smart writing, character analysis, ANYTHING... search elsewhere.
If you shot your Teacher for forcing you to read this, you have my sympathy"
"In this inspired book, Dosoyevsky forwards a complex, brilliant and innovative world view - that you have to be punnished for your crimes!
By a sexist, racist writer, we get the story to bore even the most adequate reader. It's so boring, dead people will rise to shut you up if you'll read it to them.
This is the lamest so-called classic I've ever read ... And by the way, lots of people say they liked 'Brothers K'. It is, admittedly, somewhat better then this one, but that's like being drier then the ocean. Evoid at all costs!"
"There are people like this man in the world, of that I have no doubt, but through their pains, sufferings, and guilty consience, things will not be alright, and this is something that should not even be suggested to the weak and fickle minds of today."
"It is a crime that I was punished by this wordy tripe!"
"Lessons this book teaches us: 'You are not superiour to other people, do not kill other people, God is the answer to all your problems'
Good. now let's go after some teletabbies."
"Well what can I say, I would much rather find myself engrossed in some soup label literature than this atrocity. Who is this guy? This book makes me feel physically ill and I have the continous urge to rush to the bathroom and deposit my last eaten meal everytime I come across the novel lying on the kitchen table."
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov II
"Too much about religion."
"F.D. goes overboard on the character development. He continues to develop the characters for far too long."
"Silly ...
and sentimental mush ... It is interesting that Dostoevsky is so highly revered in America and the West as a great writer, but his status in Russia is (and has been)that of a 'mystic.' Russians regard the works of Tolstoy, and even Turgenyev, Chechov, and Gogol superior to those of Dostoevsky."
"Could have been a much better book if the editor would have cut about 80%. Absolute torture to get through this pointless book."
"First of all let me say that if an author wants to sell books in this country, then use some american names for gosh sake!"
"All I can tell you, it's that this is a fucking epic drama that happened 100 years ago and has nothing to really teach you."
"really difficult and boring
i found this really hard to get into all the names are too hard to pronounce maybe this should be called Brothers Jerkoff - i would recommend the movie instead if there is one"
"Sorry, folks, but the emperor has no clothes...
This is yet another of the 'classics' I've read where I said, 'This is it?...this is supposed to be a great book?' This book came across to me as the ramblings of a madman. No coherent theme, the characters all seem to be somewhat insane, and sections come to a grinding halt only to start another section completely unrelated to the last. Maybe it's the period in which it's written, but I could barely bring myself to finish it - but through agonizing months, I did. Never again."
"Just when you think its out of the depressing musings and going to get on with where it was headed it has an anti-climatic resolution which should be the end. Instead of ending the book at the natural place it goes on to repeat most of the plot in a very boring court room drama which takes up at least a forth of the book. This is what happens when publishers pay authors by the page."
"All about sex and violence and drunkeness, really boring
This book is all about some badly behaved brothers and their mean father and how they do nothing but shout and drink and threaten one another and are lewd and then, one of them anyway, goes to England, or at least he wants to. You call that a story?"
"F.D. goes overboard on the character development. He continues to develop the characters for far too long."
"Silly ...
and sentimental mush ... It is interesting that Dostoevsky is so highly revered in America and the West as a great writer, but his status in Russia is (and has been)that of a 'mystic.' Russians regard the works of Tolstoy, and even Turgenyev, Chechov, and Gogol superior to those of Dostoevsky."
"Could have been a much better book if the editor would have cut about 80%. Absolute torture to get through this pointless book."
"First of all let me say that if an author wants to sell books in this country, then use some american names for gosh sake!"
"All I can tell you, it's that this is a fucking epic drama that happened 100 years ago and has nothing to really teach you."
"really difficult and boring
i found this really hard to get into all the names are too hard to pronounce maybe this should be called Brothers Jerkoff - i would recommend the movie instead if there is one"
"Sorry, folks, but the emperor has no clothes...
This is yet another of the 'classics' I've read where I said, 'This is it?...this is supposed to be a great book?' This book came across to me as the ramblings of a madman. No coherent theme, the characters all seem to be somewhat insane, and sections come to a grinding halt only to start another section completely unrelated to the last. Maybe it's the period in which it's written, but I could barely bring myself to finish it - but through agonizing months, I did. Never again."
"Just when you think its out of the depressing musings and going to get on with where it was headed it has an anti-climatic resolution which should be the end. Instead of ending the book at the natural place it goes on to repeat most of the plot in a very boring court room drama which takes up at least a forth of the book. This is what happens when publishers pay authors by the page."
"All about sex and violence and drunkeness, really boring
This book is all about some badly behaved brothers and their mean father and how they do nothing but shout and drink and threaten one another and are lewd and then, one of them anyway, goes to England, or at least he wants to. You call that a story?"
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Brothers Karamazov
"I was incredibly unimpressed."
"Well, if you like VERBOSE, this is it! It was so l-o-n-g. Dotseoyevsky must be a great writer, just for the pure length of the story and the number of words he could add."
"It would be a good exercise for someone learning English to take parts of this book and summarize them down into less words. (If someone did that with the whole book it might be an enjoyable read.)"
"Absolutely could not enjoy this one ... It was just reams and reams of intricate characterization."
"Why?! Why would you do this to me, D.?"
"The characters were shallow and one dimensional that talked a lot without revealing anything about them or giving them an identity. For some reason everyone seems to have two names which meant I kept having to consult the internet to find out who was meant to be who."
"Tried...page 33...a killer of dull endless details that shags my mind...everything has meaning for this guy, and so overdose of Importance."
"What the heck is he talking about?"
"This book was the hardest book I've ever tried to read. There are several multi-page paragraphs, one paragraph is about 7 pages long!"
"I couldn't finish it. I barely put a dent in it. It makes your brain hurt way to much.
...I hate not being able to finish a book, but this was just.... to.... much like work."
"Thoroughout the book there is much discussion about God, psychology, etc. I must admit I skimmed much of this."
"Why did we need the many chapters that took place in the monastery - they had nothing to do with the central plot of the book?"
"There were so many names and nicknames in this book I got confused. It took me nine months to read this book LOL. Too much work to read!"
"what i learned from this book is that is was very very long and i don't want to say overrated...but overrated. it's supposed to be meaningful about something or another but what-ever."
"Well, if you like VERBOSE, this is it! It was so l-o-n-g. Dotseoyevsky must be a great writer, just for the pure length of the story and the number of words he could add."
"It would be a good exercise for someone learning English to take parts of this book and summarize them down into less words. (If someone did that with the whole book it might be an enjoyable read.)"
"Absolutely could not enjoy this one ... It was just reams and reams of intricate characterization."
"Why?! Why would you do this to me, D.?"
"The characters were shallow and one dimensional that talked a lot without revealing anything about them or giving them an identity. For some reason everyone seems to have two names which meant I kept having to consult the internet to find out who was meant to be who."
"Tried...page 33...a killer of dull endless details that shags my mind...everything has meaning for this guy, and so overdose of Importance."
"What the heck is he talking about?"
"This book was the hardest book I've ever tried to read. There are several multi-page paragraphs, one paragraph is about 7 pages long!"
"I couldn't finish it. I barely put a dent in it. It makes your brain hurt way to much.
...I hate not being able to finish a book, but this was just.... to.... much like work."
"Thoroughout the book there is much discussion about God, psychology, etc. I must admit I skimmed much of this."
"Why did we need the many chapters that took place in the monastery - they had nothing to do with the central plot of the book?"
"There were so many names and nicknames in this book I got confused. It took me nine months to read this book LOL. Too much work to read!"
"what i learned from this book is that is was very very long and i don't want to say overrated...but overrated. it's supposed to be meaningful about something or another but what-ever."
Monday, February 7, 2011
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment II
"oh, how aptly this book is named..."
"It was a crime and a lot of punishment to have to had read this 'classic.'"
"It's a punishment in and of itself."
"I considered it crime and punishment to have to read it!"
"My crime was ego, this book was my punishment."
"A more appropriate title for this book would have been just Punishment without the crime."
"the crime happens in the first 30 pages and the rest of the book is sheer punishment."
"Only one crime and more of a punishment for me than him."
"It definitely was a punishment. And I'm not sure what exactly my crime was."
"it felt like I was actually being punished for his crime"
"It was punishment enough getting through it."
"you realy don't know after reading the novel the diffrence between the crime and who realy deserve the punishmint ;)"
"The real punishment was reading it."
"Buying it was my Crime, Reading it was my Punishment"
"I felt like my crime was buying the book and my punishment was reading it."
"The Crime was him writing the book, and the Punishment was my reading it."
"It is a crime that I was punished by this wordy tripe!"
"C&P sucks. Face it."
"It was a crime and a lot of punishment to have to had read this 'classic.'"
"It's a punishment in and of itself."
"I considered it crime and punishment to have to read it!"
"My crime was ego, this book was my punishment."
"A more appropriate title for this book would have been just Punishment without the crime."
"the crime happens in the first 30 pages and the rest of the book is sheer punishment."
"Only one crime and more of a punishment for me than him."
"It definitely was a punishment. And I'm not sure what exactly my crime was."
"it felt like I was actually being punished for his crime"
"It was punishment enough getting through it."
"you realy don't know after reading the novel the diffrence between the crime and who realy deserve the punishmint ;)"
"The real punishment was reading it."
"Buying it was my Crime, Reading it was my Punishment"
"I felt like my crime was buying the book and my punishment was reading it."
"The Crime was him writing the book, and the Punishment was my reading it."
"It is a crime that I was punished by this wordy tripe!"
"C&P sucks. Face it."
Fyodor Dostoevsky - Crime and Punishment
"I stopped reading somewhere in the third chapter. If you have a need for more child prostitution, alcoholism, theft, and depression, then this book is probably for you. If you get all the way to the end, you can nod knowingly at the other pretentious louts who agree (but can't say why) Dostoevsky was a genius.
If you would rather dwell on the blessings of freedom than the diseases which engendered by socialism, read something else."
"The blurb describes the book as 'a preternaturally acute investigation of the forces that impel a man toward sin, suffering and grace.' Uh huh. You can tell I'm really impressed can't you?"
"Even as a play, it would still fail to meet my criteria for literature."
"Was this book brilliant? Yes. Was it well written? Yes. Was it geniously structured? Yes. Was the Psychology incredible? Yes. Does that make me hate it any less? No."
"In C&P, the main character wanders around, feeling awful about what he's done, but not awful enough to actually take responsibility for it or do anything about it."
"I'm 17, Can't do the normal review, but I have thoughts on this trash....
A Kid's Review
This is so boring. This is down right trash. Don't waste your time with this garbage."
"This book is depressing and intentionally boring and exploits a religious theme to curry favor over books by much better Russian authors who readers are denied the pleasure of reading as a result."
"Too dark for me. Is it my imagination or is everyone 'mad'?"
"I am sure it's blasphemy to give this only 1 star, but that's just who you're dealing with. You should read my movie reviews; you'd be equally offended. Frankly, I can't remember much about this book except for my strong and immediate dislike of it. Whiny narrator who I cared not a lick about. Is this missing the point? I don't really give a shit about that either. Down with the patriarchy!"
"This book sucks. People were fucking stupid 1,000 years ago."
"The character I most hated was the prostitute with the 'heart of gold' who was deeply religious (a contradiction, if you think about it)"
"I wasn't really impressed with the writing style either when Dostoevsky used dialogue to move the story instead of describing the happenings."
"The only people who should read this book are people who belong to so called ' intelectual' parties, or people who have commited terrible crimes - it can replace death as ' The Capital Punnishment' ."
"I also resent the role of women in the book: angel or whore and no in between."
"There is no doubt that 'Crime and Punishment' would have been one of the greatest novels of the century had not Dostoevsky leaned towards the more acceptable sense of morality related to the weak tenets of Chrisitanity. In doing so, he made Rasknolikov a caricature of himself, lethargic and yet redeemable by accepting Christ's suffering. It was more appropriate to adapt Nietzsche's figure of 'the noble superman' but Dostoevsky, at the time of his writing, was a destroyed soul, drinking and plagued by debts, a gambling and morphine addiction and on top of that, he was a converted Christian, which is to say he resembled a 'spineless worm'.
There is a powerful beginning in which the bold character Rasknolikov conceptualizes the murder of an old aged hag who serves no purpose to society but beyond that, Dostoevsky tortures us with the conscience of an obstinate man who is shattered by an insignificant crime. In all effect, Dostoevsky became an apologist not only for bourgeois values and the Czar with his corrupt regime, but for Orthodox Christianity, which not only supported the exploitation of the Russian population but welcomed it. The end of the novel, which portrays a once proud, noble, and intellectually superior young man weeping before a prostitute and the image of the bible, brings about the demise of Dostoevsky's credibility."
If you would rather dwell on the blessings of freedom than the diseases which engendered by socialism, read something else."
"The blurb describes the book as 'a preternaturally acute investigation of the forces that impel a man toward sin, suffering and grace.' Uh huh. You can tell I'm really impressed can't you?"
"Even as a play, it would still fail to meet my criteria for literature."
"Was this book brilliant? Yes. Was it well written? Yes. Was it geniously structured? Yes. Was the Psychology incredible? Yes. Does that make me hate it any less? No."
"In C&P, the main character wanders around, feeling awful about what he's done, but not awful enough to actually take responsibility for it or do anything about it."
"I'm 17, Can't do the normal review, but I have thoughts on this trash....
A Kid's Review
This is so boring. This is down right trash. Don't waste your time with this garbage."
"This book is depressing and intentionally boring and exploits a religious theme to curry favor over books by much better Russian authors who readers are denied the pleasure of reading as a result."
"Too dark for me. Is it my imagination or is everyone 'mad'?"
"I am sure it's blasphemy to give this only 1 star, but that's just who you're dealing with. You should read my movie reviews; you'd be equally offended. Frankly, I can't remember much about this book except for my strong and immediate dislike of it. Whiny narrator who I cared not a lick about. Is this missing the point? I don't really give a shit about that either. Down with the patriarchy!"
"This book sucks. People were fucking stupid 1,000 years ago."
"The character I most hated was the prostitute with the 'heart of gold' who was deeply religious (a contradiction, if you think about it)"
"I wasn't really impressed with the writing style either when Dostoevsky used dialogue to move the story instead of describing the happenings."
"The only people who should read this book are people who belong to so called ' intelectual' parties, or people who have commited terrible crimes - it can replace death as ' The Capital Punnishment' ."
"I also resent the role of women in the book: angel or whore and no in between."
"There is no doubt that 'Crime and Punishment' would have been one of the greatest novels of the century had not Dostoevsky leaned towards the more acceptable sense of morality related to the weak tenets of Chrisitanity. In doing so, he made Rasknolikov a caricature of himself, lethargic and yet redeemable by accepting Christ's suffering. It was more appropriate to adapt Nietzsche's figure of 'the noble superman' but Dostoevsky, at the time of his writing, was a destroyed soul, drinking and plagued by debts, a gambling and morphine addiction and on top of that, he was a converted Christian, which is to say he resembled a 'spineless worm'.
There is a powerful beginning in which the bold character Rasknolikov conceptualizes the murder of an old aged hag who serves no purpose to society but beyond that, Dostoevsky tortures us with the conscience of an obstinate man who is shattered by an insignificant crime. In all effect, Dostoevsky became an apologist not only for bourgeois values and the Czar with his corrupt regime, but for Orthodox Christianity, which not only supported the exploitation of the Russian population but welcomed it. The end of the novel, which portrays a once proud, noble, and intellectually superior young man weeping before a prostitute and the image of the bible, brings about the demise of Dostoevsky's credibility."
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