What book(s) are you currently reading or listening? April 03 (discuss.online)

submitted 2 months ago by dresden@discuss.online to c/books@lemmy.world

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Very busy couple of weeks, so didn't actually read anything.

Still on Streams of Silver by R. A. Salvatore, 2nd novel in Icewind Dale series, which is a subseries of Forgotten Realms series (D&D world).

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[-] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago

I recently started The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky. I'm a 100 or so pages in, and slowly getting a feel for the characters. It's a large book, but I've got some long flights coming up so hopefully I'll make a good dent in it :)

[-] dresden@discuss.online 2 points 2 months ago

How's the book? I have thought about starting it a few times, but I am afraid it might be too dry or complex.

[-] OmegaMouse@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I've just finished Part 1 (around 200 pages out of 1000 - unfortunately the flights I had planned were cancelled, and I didn't get time to read over the weekend!). So far I've been introduced to the characters and the book has explained their natures as well as the dynamics between each of them. It's quite heavy reading at points, especially some of the religious discussion and the fact that there are a good number of footnotes explaining certain references in the text. That said, the web of interactions and different moralities is quite fascinating. It requires a level of concentration to get through, but there's enough of an interesting story and exploration of big ideas to keep me hooked so far.