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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.1 / 5.0 
Story takes time to develop, but overall worthwhile:
The reviews I've read for this novel are all worth reading, but I want to put my two cents in regardless.
In MacAndrew's introduction (worthwhile reading) the notion of "the double" is discussed, and while MacAndrew himself notes the tendency of some to overuse this notion in Dostoyevsky's books, this is one novel in which the concept is prominent.
The double (or as described in the intro and in the novel by the protagonist's father Versilov, a loss and splitting of one's identities) manifests itself... more info
a neglected gem: 
Without doubt one of his great novels. It is the second time i've read it in quiet awhile and am struck by how modern it really is. The narrative structure of using Arkady as the story teller helps explain the rushed, uneven and feverish pace at with the book unfolds: but it is an example of the blending of form and content. All Dostoevsky's great themes are here but on a smaller scale. The novel is a clear example of a great writer warming up to the themes and ideas that he was to explore fully in his next... more info
The Most Modern Novel I've Read in a Year:
If you judge this book on plot and style - you would probably be inclined to toss it after the first hundred pages. However, plot and style are not parts of what modern art is all about. Every reader is, essentially, a passive consumer, sometimes endowed with a degree of healthy curiosity. And every writer's goal today, in my opinion, is to penetrate deeply into the heart and mind of such a consumer, shake him up, wake him up from his slumber, and, if possible inspire him to "create". Not to the extent of... more info
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