Sparknotes

Reading the spark notes of the Brothers Karamazov is like watching the movie rather than reading the book. The director had to read the book so he could direct the movie, but the movie is never as good as the book they say. The spark note author had to read Brothers Karamazov so he could write a condensed version of it, which they say is never as good as the book. Just as the author of the Brothers Karamazov had to experience first hand before writing his greatest novels, because before his run in with the firing squad they say his novels were never as good as they were after he began to live. So that would make books the spark notes of Life.