The guy could have said the same thing in half the pages
>>7385631
spends the entire first half lying in bed, almost gave up on anything actually happening.
>>7385631
Are you seriously this retarded?
>>7385678
>spends the entire first half lying in bed
Did you even read the book?
ghastly rigmarole
But he didn't and here's the beauty of writing/art.
and he'd of been paid half
give him a break
>>7385678
Fevered monologues,murdering the old lady, more fevered monologues, interactions with characters. I'd say that counts as things happening. With that said I'm not a C&P defender, I do believe It's essential in the canon of Russian literature but as a reading experience it can be a little jarring if you're an anxious/paranoid person.
>>7386411
>murdering the old lady
Spoilering this is like spoilering the end of Romeo and Juliet.
>>7385631
The wikipedia page does it in eight paragraphs. What's your point?
>>7386452
I'm still reading the Greeks so no Shakespeare spoilers please
I think if it was shorter then it'd be less painful for the reader and existentialists make it their job to convince everyone that everything is as unpleasant as possible
>>7386478
>finds dusty painful
>>7386477
kek
>>7386477
If a character's name is the title of the play, that character dies.
>>7386524
If the character is in the play (tragedy), he likely dies