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Emma posted a review at 2009-08-10 08:19:16.
(Language: English)
 
amazing like every other book from Dostoyevesky..
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Matthew posted a review at 2009-06-10 00:46:25.
(Language: English)
I found this to be one of Dostoyevsky's funnier novels, the tone is a bit in keeping with the narrator from Notes from Underground, although in this case Arkady is not cynical and jaded, he isn't on the other side of life having been crushed by it, looking backwards. In this case he is idealistically blind and without a clue--the figures in his life move about making plans and dashing their hopes while he misinterprets everything! In other words, a typical story of a teenager moving into adulthood by a lot of fumbling and stumbling. I found it to be one of my favorite Dostoyevsky novels.
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Anne posted a review at 2009-06-09 22:05:26.
(Language: English)
 
It wouldn't be Dostoevsky without the mandatory ravings and love-driven mania. Enter: Arkady, the 19 year old protagonist, who is endearing despite his somewhat frustrating reluctance to act. He might also be a pathological liar, but that's beside the point in this circumstantially-driven novel.
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A reader posted a review at 2009-05-17 22:14:46.
(Language: French)
je trouve dans ce livre le conflit de generation entre tout pere et fils!!!
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A reader posted a review at 2009-03-19 13:13:18.
(Language: English)
The weird thing about this book is that there are themes running through it that he explores in detail in his other books. For example, the protagonist's sister in The Adolescent is made to choose whether or not to follow her man up north to a prison camp. The same thing happens at the end of Crime and Punishment. That's all I can think of for now, but it's almost as though he used this novel as a departure point for the major themes in his other (perhaps more important?) novels.
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A reader posted a review at 2008-07-02 19:13:47.
(Language: English)
wish I read this in high school
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A reader posted a review at 2008-03-03 23:08:32.
(Language: English)
La conflictiva relación entre un hijo y su padre es la historia central de esta novela.
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A reader posted a review at 2008-02-27 06:40:56.
(Language: English)
if u wanna to expert all kinds of human feeling ;love fear hope happiness tragedy anger frustration sorry...etc.i recomanded this book to u its will make u go deep inside yr self and u will have another look of life
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A reader posted a review at 2007-12-08 03:41:28.
(Language: English)
This is a nice novel, and the translation is good, but it's noth up to the level of BK or the Idiot.
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A reader posted a review at 2007-10-13 01:50:15.
(Language: English)
I came across an old copy of this book in a rare books store and immediately picked it up....because, well, Dostoevsky rarely, if ever, disappoints. And I was right. I Just finished it and all I can say is that if you like other stories by Dostoevsky, you'll certainly enjoy this one.
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