First, since my circle of reader friends gets smaller, I had to share with someone that I finished this tome. I was scared of it and I’m glad I took the plunge. I can see why it’s a pillar in literature. It’s gonna need a reread once I get more insight into it.
My favorite themes were the religious moral tensions. Good vs evil, truth, beauty and active love. I was blown away by the Grand Inquisitor and enjoyed the onion parable. I felt I missed some even deeper meaning in that and wonder if others took more from it than on the surface.
by Mountain_Stable8541
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I just loved Alexei. I loved his perserverance in trying to live honestly, despite his family being, well…. *waves hands in that general direction*.
It’s been some years since I’ve read it, but I think that book will live in my head forever.
Been a while since I’ve read it but really enjoyed Katerina’s character. Her pride and self-destructive insistence on remaining with Dimitri was so tragic.