>700 pages of nothing happening>then 2/3 of relevant characters die WTF
Parasocial internal monologue.Dosto, and many authors, was probably an NPC. Only way for them to process thoughts is by writing or talking to someone.
>>25213502Honestly most of the best speeches are at the start, unless you count the confession letters
>>25213502It's based on a true story.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Nechaev
>>25213711The first 1/3rd of the book is just the introduction.
I loved this book.
>>25213502I use this book to store my all my cash money because that thing is so thick
>>25214048Yeah. I know. And it contains some of the best content in the book. Have you actually read it?If anything it's Part 3 which is the weakest as it's replete with disjointed action and unsatisfying dead-end plot threads, especially if your copy puts at Tikhon's as an appendix rather than at the end of P2
>>25213502his best book btwCrime and Punishment reads like juvenilia after Demons, and TBK is overlong and focuses too much on Dmitri being a retard and not enough on Ivan's poetry and dreams
