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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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jonmayb's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

While I did enjoy myself while reading this, it quickly became repetitive. After a couple hundred pages the endless psychological breakdown of the book's antihero, Raskolnikov, becomes boring. The book's ending, additionally, felt anticlimactic and ultimately seemed to convey a peculiar message to the reader, which I didn't take very well to. 
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magatsumandala's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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imrath's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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cookie_khumalo's review against another edition

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dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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michela_ognibeni's review against another edition

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emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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corvuzss's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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gloomiko's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

"Entonces me convencí (...), de que sólo posee el poder aquel que se inclina para recogerlo. Está al alcance de todos y basta atreverse a tomarlo"

"Crimen y Castigo" se merece todos los elogios que recibe. Los últimos capítulos he estado releyendo párrafos enteros porque no quería que se acabase. La historia sigue a Rodion Raskólnikov, un muchacho joven que comete un asesinato y las secuelas psicológicas de su crimen. Toca temas como la culpa, expiación e incluso la grandiosidad de algunos criminales, el creer que son "especiales" de alguna manera. Aún así, tanto Raslkólnikov como los demás personajes están representados de forma muy humana, tanto que empatizas incluso con los más moralmente cuestionables.

Dostoevsky explora cuestiones que aún son relevantes, como ¿qué motiva a alguien a cometer un crimen? ¿Cómo le hacemos frente a nuestros crímenes? También habla de la situación de la mujer en la época, de forma bastante adelantada para su tiempo.

"Tu peor pecado ha sido que te has destrozado y traicionado a ti misma por nada".

El personaje de Sonya es el que me parece más interesante, especialmente por sus sacrificios tanto por su familia como por Raskólnikov. Al final, ella parece más bien un símbolo de redención, siguiéndole en silencio, recordándole que tiene que arrepentirse. Tanto ella como Dunia han sido los personajes más memorables para mí, especialmente por ser mujeres.

Definitivamente un libro que se queda contigo incluso después de haberlo leído entero.
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oceanwriter's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense slow-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I know this is a classic and hailed as a great literary achievement… but I just wasn’t feeling it. 

Raskolnikov murders two women, hailing himself a hero. He believes the world will be a better place, even though things hadn't gone according to plan. As time goes on, deep-seated guilt slowly takes him over, especially as suspicion arises. 

For a book nearly 700 pages long, there isn't a lot of action or much of anything interesting in general. Maybe it was profound for its time, but I found it painfully boring compared to other books with similar themes. Part one was promising enough but then the rest of the book droned on. It just wasn't for me.
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zazreads's review against another edition

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challenging
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
I've already read the large majority of the rest of Dostoevsky's works and already knew that I don't like his writing and narrative style. I pushed through Crime and Punishment for it's place in literary canon, and that was a mistake. I absolutely despise this man's writing. I won't rate the book, because I don't think it's overtly bad literature and it doesn't deserve my horrible rating. Dostoevsky's writing and my taste just seem to be mutually exclusive.
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444lex444ndr444's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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