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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
Nothing new to add. This is a mind-blowing masterpiece. Read it! Enjoy it!
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
its like ur brain is slowly getting cooked page by page, so awesome lol
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There is a ridiculous amount to be gotten out of a Dostoyevsky book and I have barely begun to scratch the surface of something like this. As purely a narrative, I enjoyed it and simultaneously wish that certain things were shortened and elaborated on. I’ll take a reread sometime to better understand the subtext and philosophy being discussed.
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A solid 4-star book. Keeps you engaged 100% throughout the book. Emphasised with the main character’s emotions but not with his motives or views on life. As an Eastern European I enjoyed the literal translation by P&V.
A few months ago, I saw crime and punishment on Umi's shelf and asked oh have you read that and she said not yet. But naturally because my friend is very smart and I want to be on her level I was like lemme keep this in my mind. Then this summer I was like hmmm what's a difficult classic so I can really challenge myself, and a lot of people said crime and punishment. my dad also told me he read it when he was in uni so naturally I wanted to also get on his level. Anyway I thought I'd struggle reading this but I actually finished it in like 4 days, and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I think people struggle with this because holy mother of yap. but honestly dostoyevsky writes stories the same way I tell them (aka it takes him a while to get to the point) but I enjoyed it lol like who doesn't love like 20 pages of backstory. He also does this thing where for like 50 pages he'll refer to a character by their government name and then like halfway through the book start referring to them as their nickname, and also all these Russian mfks names are hella similar so sometimes I was like whois this????. The story itself is very interesting and delves into like the concept of guilt and morality when crimes are committed and how ones own guilt can lead them to their own downfall. It's also quite funny at times, and Umi finally read it shortly after I did and we talked about which character we were and she said im NATASYA???. LITERALLY THE MOST IRRELEVANT CHARACTER. Anyway next summer I'm gonna force her to have our bookclub of 2 read the brothers karamazov.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes