The latter two are considered by most if not all as Dostoevsky’s magnum opus, but the first two are recommended as good to start with. I understood and liked their meaning but not so much reading them.
I really liked both of the ulterior meaning of the books and the story itself, it is how they were written than seemed a bit… jarring to me. I understand rambling and getting lost in one’s mind is one of the main points and purposes of such Dostoevsky’s books but omg, the protagonists could really go on and on and on and on about something and then digress wildly on the most minute things, pages upon pages of someone’s rambling often with not a clear structure. To the point where I couldn’t avoid thinking “Okay… I’m lost, so what were we talking about that led to here?”
I’m still interested in reading Dostoevsky, but his most renowned works are far from being the length of the priorly mentioned. So I’m wondering, will I appreciate them? Or will I feel like I have to center all my attention into the sentences so I don’t get lost?
by gkyer