r/AskReddit • u/Vanshika_vgh04 • 14h ago

What's the best book you've ever read?

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The Brothers Karamazov. Changed the way I think.

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u/mdhhdm 13h ago

In what way?

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u/rustyscrotum69 13h ago

I think it’s summed up nicely by the quote “enjoy life, not the meaning of it”

Lots of little things but the thing to me was that if you’re not taking in the little things and are only focused on some higher mission you’ll miss too much.

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u/Altruistic_Olive1817 7h ago

Thanks for sharing, will check it out.

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u/CRUSTYDOGTAlNT 9h ago

I’m curious how you came to this conclusion because Ivan and Smerdyakov, the primary atheists in the book, are the ones who [SPOILER] end up dead or insane by the end.

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u/rustyscrotum69 9h ago

Yeah I didn’t say it was from a religious standpoint though, atheism didn’t really have anything to do with what I wrote.

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u/CRUSTYDOGTAlNT 9h ago

Ah whoops. That’s what I assumed you meant by “some higher mission”

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u/rustyscrotum69 7h ago

All good big dawg

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u/Magicak 11h ago

Jezzz, everyone should have this written somewhere as a reminder...if people would follow it, many of them would be sooo much happier... but everyone needs to discover it by themselves.