I'm a woman and I didn't either book particularly masculine nor did I feel like the women came off badly. The main female character in The Idiot was fantastic.

I'm a woman and I didn't either book particularly masculine nor did I feel like the women came off badly. The main female character in The Idiot was fantastic. I consider Dostoevsky one of the best writers in terms of understanding women. I'll resist the urge to quote. It could be that the POVs are more universal than you think. Have you read Crime and Punishment? There's a scene in there that I can hardly believe a man wrote.