Notes from Underground Bitter, spiteful, unreliable narrator absolutely drags rationality, determinism, and himself. This is not a fun book. I did not enjoy reading it. The first half isn’t even a story, just a screed. The second half is a brutal portrait of the narrator as the worst kind of person. I’d be prepared to forgive all that if not for the fact that it didn’t even surface any especially novel or plausible ideas. If you liked Crime and Punishment, this might appeal to you. But if you, like me, find yourself looking for Dostoevsky titles because you loved The Brothers Karamazov, look elsewhere.