I've been told...

[Zee.]

to put down everything i'm reading right now, for this:


http://i35.tinypic.com/154yng1.jpg


thoughts?

[Modest Proposal]

I've hear it is good, but as to whether you should put anything down, that depends on what your currently on. I wouldn't put down Mann or Melville, but I might give others the bottom shelf for a week.

I have heard the movie is also quite good and it has Alan Rickman so it certainly won't be terrible.

[gbrekken]

Compliments on the title. Reminds me of Alexander S's LOVE CHILD AND THE INNOCENT

[Dark Muse]

I saw the movie, and have been currious to read the book.

[gbrekken]

Never saw a movie of the play. Only needed to read it once. Perhaps you'll have to imagine.

[vonsvin]

Personally I disliked it. It’s a bit like reading catalogue with no pictures.

[wessexgirl]

I've started it Lima, but as usual I haven't finished it yet :rolleyes:. I liked what I read, if you can say liked, as it is very strange and gruesome. I would say, read it, it is apparently better than the film, although Alan Rickman is in it, and I'm a great fan too, I love him. Whether to stop reading whatever you're reading though is your choice. If you're like me, you would probably have a few books on the go at the same time anyway, multi-tasking :lol:.

[LitNetIsGreat]

I read it quite a while back and it didn't really do much for me.

[papayahed]

I liked it but I don't think it's necessary to stop the world for it.

[dfloyd]

and skip the book. I believe Duston Hoffman is in the movie. If you are enthralled by the movie, you can read the book.

[stlukesguild]

I would watch the movie ....
and skip the book. I believe Duston Hoffman is in the movie. If you are enthralled by the movie, you can read the book.

I wish people would recognize that a movie and a book are two distinct art forms and the success or failure of either lies entirely with the creator. There are great books that have resulted in crap movies and there are mediocre and even less-than-mediocre books that have resulted in great movies. The fact that I love the movie is no guarantee that I will love the book... and vis-versa. If you want to know whether a given book is worth reading you can listen to what others (especially those whose opinions you value) have to say about the book... or... and ultimately this is the only real measure... you can read it yourself.

[sauron89]

I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I found Jean-Paul to be a very unique character.

[rimbaud]

you were told right!

the movie is amazing, yes, but the book is beyond amazing :D
I loved it!

[prendrelemick]

to put down everything i'm reading right now, for this:


http://i35.tinypic.com/154yng1.jpg


thoughts?



It is a good book, but it can wait.

[Drkshadow03]

I would watch the movie ....
and skip the book. I believe Duston Hoffman is in the movie. If you are enthralled by the movie, you can read the book.

I wish people would recognize that a movie and a book are two distinct art forms and the success or failure of either lies entirely with the creator. There are great books that have resulted in crap movies and there are mediocre and even less-than-mediocre books that have resulted in great movies. The fact that I love the movie is no guarantee that I will love the book... and vis-versa. If you want to know whether a given book is worth reading you can listen to what others (especially those whose opinions you value) have to say about the book... or... and ultimately this is the only real measure... you can read it yourself.

Wait, I think I understand what you're saying, but is there a movie version of you saying this that I could watch?

[skib]

I have watched the movie multiple times, but never read the book. Both Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman are in it . . . it is fantastic. I would highly recommend the movie, and also heard the book is magnificent. It gives a little more insight into a few things the movie can't really explain. The soundtrack is phenomenal as well . . .

[Etienne]

I read it some time ago and I remember it being a pleasant surprise. You shouldn't expect to be blown away, but it's good. Worth a read in any case.

[PeterL]

I read it. It is a fairly good book, but there are better reads. It did introduce some concepts that many people find novel.

[stlukesguild]

Wait, I think I understand what you're saying, but is there a movie version of you saying this that I could watch?

No... but I am working upon an architectural installation with audio-visual elements.:D

[blazeofglory]

To put down everything one read is really interesting in point of fact; for it is something sharing the impression the book or something had on us; And of course I have lots of things to say, clusters of ideas I have I gleaned through the Brothers Karamazov I am reading. It is really a wonderful book and the writer seems very objective in his presentation in point of fact and ideas and ideologies clash in his book and I can not say conclusively what he is up to. I do not know it is his purpose to put things for the reader to make out be this regarding the creation, the creator or some other things.

[Red-Headed]

Karamazov is a classic. I have read it in several translations. Ivan, Dmitri & Alyosha Karamazov are manifestations of the phases in Dostoyesky's own life.

[blazeofglory]

Your ideas sound convincing. We all in fact go through different stages or phases in the course of evolution. Maybe all of us have a little of all the characters Dostoevsky’s novel has. And that is why it is really hard to say what ideas he is focused on. He may be partly atheist, partly theist, partly nihilist, skeptic, religious, fanatic and all that.