The Brothers Karamazov
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I found it rather amusing that the subsequent investigation and trial sounded so contemporary: "CSI: Russia", followed by "Law & Order"! The emotional nature of the main characters became rather exhausting for me by the end of the book; while this was described in some spots as the "true Russian temperament," it seemed almost manic-depressive much of the time, and at least half of the main characters seemed subject to these wild mood swings. Apparently, if a public event did not result in someone having hysterics or falling into a fever it wasn't worth having... I did like some of the characters (though at a distance; very few of them would have been comfortable people to have visiting in one's home), and I enjoyed the spiritual debates, from the long sermon by saintly Father Zossima early on to the very interesting debate between Ivan and the devil near the end. But I was often frustrated at the disappearance of secondary characters who'd piqued my interest; while I don't need all the ends tied up neatly (which is just as well, for this book), I didn't appreciate being tantalized by what promised to be an unusual new storyline only to have it fade away into nothing.
Released 14 yrs ago (6/16/2009 UTC) at Post Office Bookswap Shelf (UBCZ), 353 Middlesex Rd. in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts USA
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And back it goes! I plan to leave this on the book-swap shelf in the Tyngsboro post office at about 1. Hope the finder enjoys it!