JonathanHDavis reviewed The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Not his best.
2 stars
It's a slow character drama where the characters are rather dull. I'd call it a worse version of The Brothers Karamazov. In both books, you have one extraordinary character (Nastasya, Ivan) that is rarely present but when they are, the scenes are pure fire. But in most of the book, you are stuck with the rest of the cast, who lack by comparison. The Brothers Karamazov's cast is far stronger than The Idiot, making it a far better book.
It's a slow character drama where the characters are rather dull. I'd call it a worse version of The Brothers Karamazov. In both books, you have one extraordinary character (Nastasya, Ivan) that is rarely present but when they are, the scenes are pure fire. But in most of the book, you are stuck with the rest of the cast, who lack by comparison. The Brothers Karamazov's cast is far stronger than The Idiot, making it a far better book.
