David Rice’s Reviews > The Brothers Karamazov > Status Update

This book is feeling like a 19th century soap opera. However, There are many good thoughts to chew on along the way. I have a harder time with the manic characters of which Dmitri is and I’m right in the middle of a narrative of which he is the main character.

I got a bit stuck toward the end of book three. I have a hard time with Dostoevsky’s manic characters like Fyodor Pavlovich and he was very prominent in that section. I found the same thing in the main character in Notes from Underground toward the end. Both characters are somewhat disturbing to me as I try to process their thoughts and actions.

Not sure Goodread’s update but switching to Everyman’s Library version.

I am enjoying his writing and it flows very well so far. The thing I haven’t worked out and I’ve been retracing to see if I missed something is Who is the narrator? Is this first person narrative or third person? It seems like first person but I haven’t seen anything yet as to how he fits in the story?