Beth’s Reviews > The Brothers Karamazov > Status Update

Never in my life have a read a book with so much hyper-emotional dialog. In fact, the book is made up almost entirely of dialog. The main characters seem to exist in a state of semi-hysteria: sobbing, hissing, shouting, fainting. It’s all so overdone. Because D. chose to use dialog to such an extent, we can only follow the plot through these overwrought conversations. I’m 80% in so I’m not quitting now.