Notes From The Underground About "Notes From The Underground"

So yeah, I'm two days late on this, I was going to do it yesterday but couldn't find the time. Normally I would kinda let it go but I feel like I have to do the last post, to some extent for myself.
First off, I ADORE this book, I loved every minute of it, even the cringy second half. I love the writing, the ideas, I loved seeing this guy have a mental breakdown while trying to figure out what he believes. I think even the most closed-minded moron could get something out of reading this book, if only to be provoked into thinking philosophically or bolstering your own points further. I definitely have a bias here because philosophy is basically my favorite thing in world, but I genuinely believe that everyone has the capacity for philosophical thinking and that everyone can grow from such thinking. For some people in our class this book was their first encounter with existentialism (and in some cases philosophy) and even though I probably wouldn't start someone off with this book, I think it's pretty clear that these people were made to think.
I think it is indisputable that the discussions helped, though Dostoyevsky is rolling in his grave as I type this, it is commonly accepted that thoughts and ideas develop with discussion. Moreover, any idea brought forth in the discussion was normally challenged at one point, which leads to a discourse that everyone can learn from.
To answer the final question, and the question I feel is most valuable, the one thing I will remember more than anything, despite all the debate and discussion and conflicts, the biggest thing I take form this book is the concept of "the wall". I think this is an idea that we were all aware of before reading this book, but I've never heard it put so well  and so effectively as the way Dostoyevsky did it. I find this to be the most valuable idea in the book quite simply because it has given me a way to communicate that collection of ideas in a way anyone can understand. I would argue that it is his most universal concept, and if you need to explain it it only takes a couple of minutes.
I can't let this whole thing be positive, because then it wouldn't be one of my posts, so I will try to end this off by saying that as much as I adore Notes From The Underground, I wish a lot of it was worded better. I know it's a translation, I acknowledge this, but I feel like his wording makes a lot of implications that make his arguments seem kind of unreasonable, and these are implications I now believe he did not intend.
As much as I want to end it there, I would feel disingenuous if I do not admit defeat. I loved every second of reading this book, I even loved annotating it. As much as I want to complain I can't bring myself to actually propose an argument. I absolutely loved it, and I am only slightly ashamed to admit that.