Gopi Bain answers “I gave up on this book awhile ago because...”

Cindy asked this question about The Brothers Karamazov:

I gave up on this book awhile ago because I disliked every single character and didn't care to find out what happened to them. I'm thinking about going back to it now because I don't like unfinished books. Will someone tell me if any likable characters show up? I'm not very far in and will probably have to start over (gah), but I need someone to like in this book.

Gopi Bain By likeable, do you mean 'well written' or 'well mannered'?

If it is the first case, I don't think there is one badly written character in the book. If…moreBy likeable, do you mean 'well written' or 'well mannered'?

If it is the first case, I don't think there is one badly written character in the book. If I am being nit-picky, Dimitri feels a little one dimensional to me at times, but even that observation is a big stretch.

If it is the second case, the whole point of the book, in a way, is an exploration of the things that make people unlikeable or likeable, so writing a character that is on the extreme of either sides will be a waste in the context of the story. However, to me, towards the end, there we a characters that I ended up really liking as a person, despite their flaws. But you need to finish it to get to that realisation.(less)

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by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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