kazzle dazzle

Dostoyevsky understood human nature so well. The characters aren't cliches. They feel so real. They act so real. They react like real people would. This is so rare nowadays. I was blown away by the realism!

This book actually makes you think and challenges your assumptions. I appreciate that in literature. However, you have to go into the book with the mindset of reading it for edification or you will get bogged down in the language and its vagueness. Personally, I think he wrote it that way to slow you down and force you to ponder, and the way the dialogue is written (where you can't tell who's talking) shows how humans are all the same on the base level. I found it an enjoyable read, albeit a laborious one.