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priceQQ t1_jdqnlv7 wrote

It took me four tries to get through it because I found it very hard too. I think the plot is complex enough, and the characters have complex feelings and motivations. It might be richer than what you’re used to (it was for me).

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breitfuture OP t1_jdrwse9 wrote

This is a very good perspective imo. I feel as though the author really tries to explain the characters in lots of depth but it’s so much information to absorb at once. took me quite a long time to just distinguish the different personality traits of alyosha dimitri and ivan lol

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priceQQ t1_jdrzf7f wrote

Yea it’s also loooong (at least it was when I first tried to read it at 17).

The Grand Inquisitor is somewhere in the middle and is a stand alone section that originally got me interested, and you see its influence on other works and is one very good reason to read Brothers. There is a similar section in The Border Trilogy by Cormac McCarthy, for example.

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