| REVIEWER | RATING & REVIEW |
 | Saeunn Saem (0)
12/08/2005 | I read the brothers Karamazov in my literature class which i´m taking in my school in Iceland. I am glad I choose to read this book because it is very good. This book gets you thinkig about life and how persons can be different. The conflict between good and evil is interesting an the conclusion I got from this book is that without evil in the world we would not know the good. The book will live on for centuries because it is about what humans will always have to deal with, communicating with people,love,envy,finding yourself and alot more. Everyone should read this book in there lifetime because you will learn from it.
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 | factis (0)
11/27/2005 | twas a great read no doubt. A long one full of love triangles and mis acused murder. If your reading for the jist of it. The chapter the grand inquisetor is quite good. One of the best chapters i have ever read. Its about someone questioning weither or not we should have freedom. The inquisetor says no, and that there should be apointed leaders..its facinating.
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 | jaywilton (29)
04/29/2005 | The novel where the quote,where God doesn't exist,all is permitted,comes from.
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 | Enkidu (38)
02/23/2004 | For years and years I called this my favorite novel; in my twenties I identified with Ivan, the tortured intellectual, with his rebellion against God and a world which permitted suffering. Only later did I realize that Alyosha was the true hero, Alyosha the gentle mystic, the one who understood compassion. His scene under the stars where he gives thanks to the earth that gave him birth ranks as one of the most beautiful things ever written, and I now see that Ivan represented something that Dostoyevsky left behind himself, probably the part of him that died as he waited for the firing squad. (He was reprieved, sent to Siberia, and only after his return did he write his four great novels, C&P, Karamazov, the Possessed, the Idiot)
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 | irishgit (150)
12/15/2003 | If you must read Russian novelists, this and Gogol's Dead Souls are probably the best bets. I've gotta say, however, that given where I see some simplistic crap rated on this list, I wonder how many people rating this have actually read it.
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 | StanUzbeck (16)
09/06/2003 | This is the greatest of Dostoyevsky's novels, and probably the best Russian novel ever written. Like Moby Dick, it is incredibly long and ambitious, and manages to cover just about every single philosophical idea that the author ever had. The characters are some of the most well-developed I have ever encountered (as they should be, the novel is over 1000 pages long) and the murder mystery is reasonably suspenseful. It is, however, the psychological analyses of the characters that is the greatest accomplishment. I do not see how someone can proclaim themselves educated without having read Dostoyevsky.
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 | Jobanion (0)
01/30/2001 | The Brothers KAramozov is one of the greatest novels I have ever read. It is filled with philosphical commentary and debate on religion, morality, politics, crime and the individual vs. the masses. A fabulous read for anyone who enjoys dark, intellectual, brilliant reading.
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 | Kal-el (0)
01/11/2001 | The Brothers Karamazov is my absolute favorite book of all time. The story is so emotionally engaging and spiritually charged that it actually moved me to tears. Dostoevsky creates extremely deep, three dimensional characters in this extremely entertaining and intellectually stimulating masterpiece of existential crisis.
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| Bluelady (0)
01/08/2001 | A true classic in every sense of the word. Themes of love, death, sex, patricide, and brotherhood run throughout the novel. I really enjoy Dostoevsky because of his use of psychology (which wasn't well developed in his time) to show how and what the behavior of the characters too. It really bums me out when Ivan feels he is to blame for his fathers death when really, it's his fathers bastard.
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| Johnny Roulette (3)
01/01/2001 | I actually enjoyed this much better than Crime & Punishment. Dosteovsky makes it through 400 pages without a single misstep! The plot and the character developement is flawless. It becomes a real page-turner by the end. One of the five best I've ever read!
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 | Splate (0)
12/20/2000 | I thought this book had so much wisdom to impart. There was so much symbolism used to represent man and all of his characteristics. The Grand Iquistor story by one of the brothers, Ivan, is particularly astute in the lessons it attempts to give on the reader. Also, Fyodor Dostoevsky writes in a fairly simple manner considering the complex issues of life and religions that he touches upon.
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| Abraham (0)
12/15/2000 | Possibly the greatest novel of all time. Dostoevsky appreciation for the human condition, the soul of the 18th century Russia, and his general curiosity and respect for the awe inspiring mytery of existence is unprecidented.
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| Mimoh81 (0)
12/13/2000 | This is Dostoevsky's piece de resistance. It deals with religion, societal moves, human nature, everything. Well worth the time and the 700+ pages.
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| telaydras (0)
10/23/2000 | If you could boil lettuce and leave it out in the sun it would be easier to digest.
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 | tmsk10342om (0)
08/31/2000 | Dostoevsky is dense and difficult to appreciate. Many find him preachy, but this book is so full of keen insight and heart wrenching emotion, that even I felt obliged to wade through what seemed like 700 pages of non-boring inaction. Very, very, very good.
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 | thed2697ca (0)
12/13/1999 | One of my favorites even if it was disturbing to understand not only the actions but the mind of a man who kills his father. Dostoyevsky doesn't judge he just relates and it is unsettling to see yourself walk in another man's shoes so vividly.
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| CABD328OM (0)
10/26/1999 | This is my absolute favorite book. Dostoyevsky is an incredible writer: I love his ideas and his stories and his powerful style even shines through from Russian into English
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