This is an excellent review of Dostoevsky’s masterpiece. I remember wrestling with this text last year and being completely blown away by it. Probably the most psychological book I’ve ever read. Dostoevsky really did a good job of capturing that internal turmoil were all accustomed to dealing with
@@SevenFootPelican Thank you! I’m glad you were impressed by this book. It has been a long time since I have read a classic as interesting as this one. I can’t stop thinking about everything that has happened so far - I’m still reading part 2. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Thank you for this outstanding discussion!! Since you asked your viewers what we think Roskolnikov would do next .. I won't tell - it have read this novel, but it has been many years. I have also read The Devils by this same author which I thought was outstanding. A common theme of a lot of this writing is the ambiguity of what we think of as objective morality, and it really makes me question the terrifying idea of the total subjectivity of our morals after all. I am thinking of reading Idiot this year - but may skip that one for finally reading War and Peace instead. Thank you for the video.
@@JosephFrancisBurton You’re most welcome! I’m jealous that you already know what’s going to happen next haha. I’m reading part 2 and I have so many thoughts about all that’s happening. I’ll add The Devils to my tbr list. Now that you’ve mentioned the theme, I’m noticing it but I haven’t yet fully figured it out. Maybe by the end of this book I’ll have a better understanding or possibly more questions. Good luck with War and Peace. I loved it and found the prose pretty easy. I’d recommend the Maude translation. Thanks for watching the video and for sharing your thoughts! :)
I have no desire to read this book. Can’t understand why this is considered a classic. It seems to me that the author was writing about the human condition of the oppressed and poor society of his surroundings in his country. He also spent time in prison where he may have heard crimes committed by those imprisoned. He also had a gambling problem and thus wrote his book the gambler. I don’t see anything special about this author and his writings.
@@tanyab244 Hi! It’s interesting to know that he might have based this story on some of the crimes he had heard about during his time in prison. It’s too early for me to say anything about Dostoevsky as this is my first book by him. So far I’ve found his observations on poverty and those living in impoverished communities very accurate. I’m not sure how I’ll feel about the book in general towards the end but I’m certainly curious and totally hooked. I’m also planning to read The Idiot because I’ve heard good things about it. Out of curiosity, can I ask which books have you read by this author? Thanks for your comment.
This is an excellent review of Dostoevsky’s masterpiece. I remember wrestling with this text last year and being completely blown away by it. Probably the most psychological book I’ve ever read. Dostoevsky really did a good job of capturing that internal turmoil were all accustomed to dealing with
@@SevenFootPelican Thank you! I’m glad you were impressed by this book. It has been a long time since I have read a classic as interesting as this one. I can’t stop thinking about everything that has happened so far - I’m still reading part 2.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
Thank you for this outstanding discussion!! Since you asked your viewers what we think Roskolnikov would do next .. I won't tell - it have read this novel, but it has been many years. I have also read The Devils by this same author which I thought was outstanding. A common theme of a lot of this writing is the ambiguity of what we think of as objective morality, and it really makes me question the terrifying idea of the total subjectivity of our morals after all. I am thinking of reading Idiot this year - but may skip that one for finally reading War and Peace instead. Thank you for the video.
@@JosephFrancisBurton You’re most welcome! I’m jealous that you already know what’s going to happen next haha. I’m reading part 2 and I have so many thoughts about all that’s happening. I’ll add The Devils to my tbr list. Now that you’ve mentioned the theme, I’m noticing it but I haven’t yet fully figured it out. Maybe by the end of this book I’ll have a better understanding or possibly more questions.
Good luck with War and Peace. I loved it and found the prose pretty easy. I’d recommend the Maude translation.
Thanks for watching the video and for sharing your thoughts! :)
@@enchantedbookendz - YES, I have the Maude translation on my shelf - it has been sitting there for years daring me to read it HAHA
I have no desire to read this book. Can’t understand why this is considered a classic. It seems to me that the author was writing about the human condition of the oppressed and poor society of his surroundings in his country. He also spent time in prison where he may have heard crimes committed by those imprisoned. He also had a gambling problem and thus wrote his book the gambler. I don’t see anything special about this author and his writings.
@@tanyab244 Hi! It’s interesting to know that he might have based this story on some of the crimes he had heard about during his time in prison. It’s too early for me to say anything about Dostoevsky as this is my first book by him. So far I’ve found his observations on poverty and those living in impoverished communities very accurate. I’m not sure how I’ll feel about the book in general towards the end but I’m certainly curious and totally hooked. I’m also planning to read The Idiot because I’ve heard good things about it.
Out of curiosity, can I ask which books have you read by this author?
Thanks for your comment.