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Just finished Part Two, having a blast with this book so far! It's got that classic Dostoevsky interpersonal drama and inner turmoil that I love about TBK. It's certainly no Karamazov, but I can definitely see traces of this in that book.

I decided to dive into this one after finishing The House of the Dead and I'm very interested to see what direction this story is headed in. So far it's good, very entertaining, and Prince Myshkin is a great character. There seems to be more overt inspiration from Dostoevsky's own life in here compared to his other major novels. The story the Prince tells about the mock execution brought this to mind.