Luke Smith’s Reviews > The Brothers Karamazov > Status Update

I put this one down for a while. It’s pretty intense and I think I needed a bit of a break and some more light hearted content (hence the newly acquired appreciation for Terry Pratchett), but it’s good to be back in the world of the Karamazovs after a few weeks and to be well on my way to finishing reading this monstrously huge masterpiece of a novel.

Book 10: “The Boys” was one of my absolute favourite parts of this story 😭😭😭 brought me to tears many times. Book 11: “Ivan” has been hard to get through and I’m currently dreading to continue 🥶

Restarted this book this week. I am loving it so far, and there are many concepts and terms that upon first reading I did not understand, which the second time through are making a lot more sense. I find it pretty amusing how often Alyosha basically says nothing and the person speaking with him tells all purely because of his charming and gentle, non-judgemental demeanour. It’s quite intense, and also quite fun.

This book is a tough one. I must confess I haven’t touched it in a few years, and when I did crack into it, it was the audiobook version. I remember riding my bike to and from places with headphones in, listening to the book and constantly having to rewind to understand what was being said. It’s a rich book and it was quite challenging for 19yo Luke. Hoping to try again some time soon, hopefully will be better.