The more I read Tolstoy the more I realise how much of a hack Dostoevsky was

Is it true that the only people who say Dostoevsky is better than Tolstoy are the ones who haven't read Tolstoy?

Honestly, they can't even compete. Tolstoy is infinitely superior a writer to Dost. Discuss.

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Tolstoy never went thru real pain, he was rich as fuck

Not much of an argument about his actual writing, though, is it?

To each his own mi hermano!

Kids and people desperate for attention are the only ones doing stupid shit like that comparison. They were both incredibly talented artists and weak points can be argued for both of them like with almost anyone else.

This

Fuck off. They're both exceptional writers. That's like shitting on Milton because Shakespeare was so much better.

I thought crime and punishment was overly naive and optimistic, what else should I read of Dostoevsky?

You should start by rereading Crime and Punishment

>rodya pays penance and finds redemption through love and god
>not naive and optimistic