The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Image generated using Adobe Firefly AI The Idiot is not a smooth read. It is crowded, restless, dramatic, and at times almost too much. That is also why I liked it. Prince Myshkin is the reason the whole thing works. He is kind in a way that feels dangerous to everyone around him. Not flashy. Not saintly. Just open, honest, and weirdly free of the usual games people play. That makes him hard to…