/lit/ - Literature

it's tryhard characterslop and emotionbait paired with a child's understanding of philosophy 

best to skip it

>>547
What book would you recommend instead?

>>548
My Immortal

>>547
I would mostly agree. I didn't finish it.

>>548
What are you looking for? Classics? May I suggest the ancient Irish epic the Táin Bó Cúailnge (The cattle raid of Cooley)? Or not so old a classic? Perhaps see if anything strike your fancy here:
https://annas-archive.org/search?q=Penguin+Classics

>>546 (OP) 
Dosto is great. But I have always been curious how much more people would benefit is, instead of reading Dosto, they read Dickens instead. Just a thought.

>>546 (OP) 
>Are any of his other works worth reading too?
The Idiot is really good. I liked it better than Crime and Punishment.
A lot of people keep telling me to read Brothers Karamazov, but I’ve heard it’s very emotionally heavy, so I’ve been putting it off.

The Idiot and Crime and Punishment are similar in that they both have main characters that are kind of schizo, but in The Idiot, he’s more of a lighthearted, romantic schizo so it makes for an enjoyable read. 
It’s cathartic, bc I relate to the mc- he tells the truth even if it comes out weird and people love him for his childlike honesty and disregard of social norms

>>546 (OP) 
House of the Dead is pretty great. It is a fictional account of his very real experience in prison, it was kind of understood that he was writing about his experience in prison but he had to change a lot of shit to make it past the censors of the time. Still, a lot of good stuff made it in there and he writes it with his usual skill. My favorite work of his, it's not too long either.

>>589
This was my favorite as well.

>>546 (OP) 
Notes from Underground to understand the mind of a 19th-centuary NEET

>>546 (OP) 
Absolutely mogs, but I think Idiot and TBK are better. In general his books showcase that blend between literature and philosophy I love so much

It's very well written but extremely depressing. It's pages and pages of the internal dialog of a raving lunatic and murderer, set against a backdrop that as an American I would call reminiscent of the great depression.

I've tried twice and have only made it about half way through it.