Status Updates From Uysal Kız

...a deranged man that her only exit option was death. That needs to not be the case. I also found it fascinating how it was very subtly implied that the narrator was an atheist (especially contrasted with the wife (who btw was never named (unlike white nights))) and that perhaps his disconnect with God and religion and having a purpose could have been a major factor in why he is the way he is. anyways
5 stars

...completely unbearable. My copy is full of notes yelling at his for being an asshole and maybe if he looked anywhere except the inside of his own head and left his strange self-echochamber these events wouldn't have happened. I mean he even made his wife's suicide about him. Speaking of her, this just is such a case for why women's rights are so important and valid, because she felt so stuck in her marriage with...

Fyodor Dostoevsky I could kiss you on the mouth. I was annoyed at the first half until I realized that was the point and was able to actually enjoy it. The writing was absolutely stunning, every sentence he writes has this ability to pull you in and extract an emotion you weren't even sure existed. Yet I have to say I haven't been this absolutely pissed off at a narrator maybe ever before. I mean the man was just...

egoism in humility