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Oh god. Such drama.
So, this is my 6th Annual "Red October" reading challenge, the completely made up event where I dig in to some Russian literature. This year I selected two books, first the biggest Dostoyevsky novel that I haven't yet read, "The Idiot", and second an example of Soviet era science fiction, "Roadside Picnic" by the brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky.
"The Brothers Karamazov" has long been my favorite Dostoyevsky novel, which opinion remains unchanged after finishing "The Idiot", which slides nea ...more
"The Brothers Karamazov" has long been my favorite Dostoyevsky novel, which opinion remains unchanged after finishing "The Idiot", which slides nea ...more
Dense, but what can you expect? He's Dostoevsky. Writing is beautiful. Plot's pretty good, only I wish he had spent more time on the ending and just a little less on the buildup.
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