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A review by mikathereviewer
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The first half of the book was great, but when the second part started I wondered why I even wanted to read this book.
Perhaps I mainly liked the first part as it was a bit annoyingly funny, but not really annoying. And the second part was only annoying. Nothing funny anymore. Especially as I think he r@ped the prostitute. He also didn't leave his old classmates alone and just caused trouble and then got angry for them being pissed off at him. I get it that the character was supposed to be bad, but it just started to annoy me at some point. I mean there was nothing likeable about him and at some point I even started wondering; What was Dostoevsky thinking while writing this? I hate people who romanticise stuff and try to have a free will by taking the free will and freedom of others away by threatening or pushing them, like our nameless protagonist did. Scenes were so chaotic and random that I couldn't but just seem to not care for them anymore. The plot was kinda not there and if it was it also seemed to repeat iself. The same with words like; spiteful and vile. And I hated how there were French words all the time and references to stuff I didn't know. More often than in other Dostoevsky books. Even though I could agree to some things Dostoevsky wrote, most of them were just a 'what the —' or simply a 'no' for me.
The themes were cool, but the implementation of these were horrible. Sorry, but this one by Dostoevsky wasn't for me. Maybe the next.
Perhaps I mainly liked the first part as it was a bit annoyingly funny, but not really annoying. And the second part was only annoying. Nothing funny anymore. Especially as I think he r@ped the prostitute. He also didn't leave his old classmates alone and just caused trouble and then got angry for them being pissed off at him. I get it that the character was supposed to be bad, but it just started to annoy me at some point. I mean there was nothing likeable about him and at some point I even started wondering; What was Dostoevsky thinking while writing this? I hate people who romanticise stuff and try to have a free will by taking the free will and freedom of others away by threatening or pushing them, like our nameless protagonist did. Scenes were so chaotic and random that I couldn't but just seem to not care for them anymore. The plot was kinda not there and if it was it also seemed to repeat iself. The same with words like; spiteful and vile. And I hated how there were French words all the time and references to stuff I didn't know. More often than in other Dostoevsky books. Even though I could agree to some things Dostoevsky wrote, most of them were just a 'what the —' or simply a 'no' for me.
The themes were cool, but the implementation of these were horrible. Sorry, but this one by Dostoevsky wasn't for me. Maybe the next.
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape