mssy’s Reviews > The Brothers Karamazov > Status Update

switched to kindle

i appreciate mcduff's translation more than garnett. easier to digest though lacking the poetic sense that i usually like in my readings hehe. also deeply grateful for the footnotes for added context. im just going back and forth depending on the mood.

had to switch translation because chapter 6-7 is splitting my head

entirely family messy af

[fave chapter so far: so be it! so be it!] so many things to ponder re: separation (or not) of state and church. while i do get where ivan is coming from, it seems a bit dangerous and too total. miusov has the right to condradict and fear ivan's ideology. i (kind of) side with zossima (even though i dont like priests lol).

"...and yet I am incapable of living in the same room with anyone for two days together, as I know by experience. As soon as anyone is near me, his personality disturbs my self-complacency and restricts my freedom... I become hostile to people the moment they come close to me. But it has always happened that the more I detest men individually the more ardent becomes my love for humanity."