This was fun, didn't know Dostoyevsky could be funny like that. The village of stepanchikovo was a great little story. It's very unique for Dostoyevsky aswell, yes there's the rambling dialogue and densenes that is a trademark of his works, but its also a first person comedy that's under 200 pages, which is very out of place in the author's repertoire.

The character of Foma is something else man, I never expected to see such a manic, capricious and manipulative character in a book from 160 years ago. He's definitely the star of the show.

Despite the comedy of the story there's also some interesting and more serious themes going on, there's certainly a discussion to be made on Foma's victim complex coupled with excessive pride. The power dynamics are evident, and Dostoevsky is also poking fun at pseudo-intellectuallism all throughout the story. In the end though it's a fun romp with a bunch of wacky characters all stuck together in a house.

My favourite part was when a guy got chucked out of a window to be honest.