The Adolescent
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Author: Fyodor DostoevskyTranslator: Richard Pevear
Translator: Larissa Volokhonsky
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-12-07
ISBN: 0375719008
Number of pages: 608
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Been a while, but it's a good book.
Summary: 4 Stars
Forgive me, it's been a while since I read this book, but I figured I'd review it.
I really liked it. I mean I -really- liked it. I thought it got a bit heavy on philosophy I didn't quite understand. But then again, I was also an adolescent. I rather understood what he felt, being a bastard child myself, and now that life has taken an equally odd turn, I think it would probably behoove me to re-read it.
But back to the point, I think the plot is excellent, though very thin. It pretty much focuses on letters and a supposed love-affair that occurred out of the country, where no one was watching.
The only real let-down was the ending. It was very strange and seemed completely disconnected from the rest of the novel, as if he were in a rush to close it off and start on something else.
As with many books, however, the enjoyment is the trip, not the destination. I think that definitely holds true for this book.
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