After reading Crime and Punishment, I still wanted to try and get more into Dostoyevsky and I heard good things about The Idiot. I definitely had more moments of getting attached to the characters and interactions in this book, but I don't think I just ever got fully invested.

Just like every character in this book, I did find myself immediately loving Prince Myshkin. How could you not? I do love a good idiot. I could relate to him because I felt like I personally have a similar outlook (or I like to think I do) on people and life, as far as how kind he can be, but also tell myself I know where to have boundaries.

I know the whole theme is meant to be, the Prince is just too good and too kind for this world, and we could never deserve someone like that without ruining them. I appreciated that after I reflected upon it once I was finished with the book. But I just couldn't find myself attached to the story while reading it.