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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.
Paul Alyosha is the draw of course, but sympathy for 'Stinking Lizaveta' and others also make for compelling reading. I'd say, get through the first 70 or …moreAlyosha is the draw of course, but sympathy for 'Stinking Lizaveta' and others also make for compelling reading. I'd say, get through the first 70 or so pages of rather rambling theological and philosophical text and the book sparkles into life in more of a fashion synonymous with Dostoevsky. I hope you get back into it, as it's a probably a book all bibliophiles should read along with the magnificent Power & the Glory by Graham Greene and Earthly Powers by Anthony Burgess.(less)
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The Brothers Karamazov
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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