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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
It ended the way I thought it should! ^-^
(More or less, that is.)
(More or less, that is.)
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
not sure what my crime was, but this book was quite the punishment.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
Oh God what a hard book, it's heaven tho, Raskolnikov is a shittas, i love him so much
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First the positives: the audiobook narrator I listened to was PHENOMENAL. He was really acting more than I think I've ever heard in an audiobook and that was really cool.
Now: this story was SO overlong. There were some interesting moments and plot lines, but they were drowned in so many soliloquies about the human condition and the nature of crime and guilt that it was hard to tune back in for them.
Also, I dont understand how Russian names work, because I was SO confused about who was who. Everyone has 3 names I guess? And a lot of them have at least one name in common? it was extremely hard to keep track of who was who.
And the main guy (whose name I can't even begin to try to spell) was SO irritating to read. And I can like a book with an unlikeable main character, but good God this guy was insufferable. And everyone else just like, loved him? I genuinely could not figure out why anyone would want to spend a single second with that man. Friend who marries the sister was giving off MAJOR Samwise Gamgee energy, and not in a good way. I wish therapy had existed in 1860's Russia, because every one of these people needed A LOT of it.
So yeah, there were flashes of interest, but overall this was not for me. But I get to scratch it off my poster so I guess that's a win?
Now: this story was SO overlong. There were some interesting moments and plot lines, but they were drowned in so many soliloquies about the human condition and the nature of crime and guilt that it was hard to tune back in for them.
Also, I dont understand how Russian names work, because I was SO confused about who was who. Everyone has 3 names I guess? And a lot of them have at least one name in common? it was extremely hard to keep track of who was who.
And the main guy (whose name I can't even begin to try to spell) was SO irritating to read. And I can like a book with an unlikeable main character, but good God this guy was insufferable. And everyone else just like, loved him? I genuinely could not figure out why anyone would want to spend a single second with that man. Friend who marries the sister was giving off MAJOR Samwise Gamgee energy, and not in a good way. I wish therapy had existed in 1860's Russia, because every one of these people needed A LOT of it.
So yeah, there were flashes of interest, but overall this was not for me. But I get to scratch it off my poster so I guess that's a win?
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
Yes, I get the point Dostoevsky was trying to make: that the conscience can be a more tormenting prison than even the depths of winter in Siberia. Raskolnikov could never have been free from the moment he committed the murder, because ultimately, he is the source of his own guilt and anguish; he becomes his own undoing. It’s a cruel paradox that makes the reader ponder. But did I find that reason sufficient to compensate for all that I disliked about this book? Unfortunately not. Dostoevsky is long-winded and writing simply to establish a point (which, sadly enough, convinces me more of Sonya’s piousness than of any deeper truth), and frankly, that just makes the book a chore to trudge through. Sorry, Dostoevsky.
Lifting this comment from a Reddit post:
Lifting this comment from a Reddit post:
Perhaps my most significant gripe is that the book is structured around two mundane devices: belabored conversation and repetitive inner monologues (primarily from the protagonist). At times it felt like I was reading a stage play, where parlor room dialogue goes on for ages—with very little emotional payoff—punctuated by long, contemplative walks through the street. Talk, talk, talk. Walk, walk, walk. Maybe get drunk in between.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Siento que no era un libro para mí. Demasiado filosófico del bien y el mal, y siento que no entraba de todo en la historia y me aburría un poco. No sé que más decir... Simplemente no era para mí.
Pesada emocionalmente (en el mejor de los sentidos)
Es un libro cargado de reflexiones introspectivas del personaje que nos plantea preguntas como ¿qué es lo correcto? ¿dónde empieza y termina la moral tanto mía como la de terceros?
La larga travesía de Raskolnikov es dura, es triste, es pesada; lo deteriora tanto psicológica como emocionalmente y nos toca ser testigos de todo ello.
El peor castigo de una persona puede ser cargar con la culpa de un crimen cometido y este es el caso.
Es un libro cargado de reflexiones introspectivas del personaje que nos plantea preguntas como ¿qué es lo correcto? ¿dónde empieza y termina la moral tanto mía como la de terceros?
La larga travesía de Raskolnikov es dura, es triste, es pesada; lo deteriora tanto psicológica como emocionalmente y nos toca ser testigos de todo ello.
El peor castigo de una persona puede ser cargar con la culpa de un crimen cometido y este es el caso.