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debonairsaltydog's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
gabingy's review against another edition
3.0
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✵ Leído en Everand
Ⱄⱄ. .ⱄⰔ
Con este libro inauguro mi lista de libros que no volvería a leer pero me tragaría todas sus adaptaciones (Acá están también Wicked, Drácula, Almas Muertas, etc). En fin, yo empecé con muchas ganas porque es un clásico y siempre vale la pena leer un clásico. Ya sea si te guste o no son libros que han perdurado tanto tiempo por algo y no puedes reducirlo a un "es aburrido". Ahora, este libro tenía todo para que lo disfrutara: un asesinato, un personaje con una enorme crisis y Dovstoevsky. Sin embargo, creo que no fue el momento de leerlo... se me ocurre que ahora estoy tan emocionalmente cansada que el libro me acababa drenando. No podía pasar de 1 capítulo y evitaba leer días seguidos. Es larguito pero si un libro me atrapa me lo leo, a lo mucho, en 1 mes... pero con este... incluso ayer me faltaban cerca de 70 páginas para acabarlo y me forcé a leerlos de una vez para ya acabarlo. Simplemente me cansó, voy a tratar de sacar motivos:
1. Varios personajes: Los nombres rusos no me son comunes, esto provocaba que me confundiera un montón en los personajes y encima tienen varias maneras de llamar a uno solo. Nunca encontré una página específica donde pueda ver los nombres de todos los personajes y quiénes son.
2. Mis expectativas iban más al género policial: Creo que, como fan de las novelas thriller/misterior me esperaba algo más cercano a este género. Así que si esperas algo así, porfa ya te digo yo que busca en otra parte.
Ahora, me he estado debatiendo entre ponerle 3 o 4 estrellas porque yo séee que Dostoevsky es genial, yo sé que es una obra magistral pero mi experiencia esta vez ha sido un 3 estrellas: te admiro pero no te puedo poner 4 porque eso significaría que he disfrutado leerte. Definitivamente manifestaré una novia inteligente que me explique clásicos pq yo perderme.
Cosa interesante: he encontrado en Raskolnikov una filosofía muy muy similar a Light Yagami. Yo morí hsjashjas, explico: el prota divide a la sociedad en dos categorías a los que permiten hacer crímenes pq son superiores y los demás. Entonces toda este recorrido de Rodia por justificar su crimen porque la vieja lo merecía me recordó bastante a Light porque también es un estudiante con un futuro brillante, ve la oportunidad de cometer un crimen, se cree alguien superior y alguien a quien cualquier crimen le es justificado con la excusa de que está limpiando la sociedad y luego se vuelve loco por el poder. El final es diferente perOo juro que necesito leer algún ensayo comparando a estos dos personajes. Otra cosa pero esa vez más personal::: yo quería identificarme con Rodia. Tengo una red flag de identificarme con personajes edgy y pensé que esta sería una de estas, pero no. Rodia se me hizo un personaje desesperante. Tan solo pensar que ni siquiera planificó bien su crimen y al final no usó lo que le había robado a la vieja me desesperaba aunque supongo que allí está la gracia de la novela.
✵ Leído en Everand
Ⱄⱄ. .ⱄⰔ
Con este libro inauguro mi lista de libros que no volvería a leer pero me tragaría todas sus adaptaciones (Acá están también Wicked, Drácula, Almas Muertas, etc). En fin, yo empecé con muchas ganas porque es un clásico y siempre vale la pena leer un clásico. Ya sea si te guste o no son libros que han perdurado tanto tiempo por algo y no puedes reducirlo a un "es aburrido". Ahora, este libro tenía todo para que lo disfrutara: un asesinato, un personaje con una enorme crisis y Dovstoevsky. Sin embargo, creo que no fue el momento de leerlo... se me ocurre que ahora estoy tan emocionalmente cansada que el libro me acababa drenando. No podía pasar de 1 capítulo y evitaba leer días seguidos. Es larguito pero si un libro me atrapa me lo leo, a lo mucho, en 1 mes... pero con este... incluso ayer me faltaban cerca de 70 páginas para acabarlo y me forcé a leerlos de una vez para ya acabarlo. Simplemente me cansó, voy a tratar de sacar motivos:
1. Varios personajes: Los nombres rusos no me son comunes, esto provocaba que me confundiera un montón en los personajes y encima tienen varias maneras de llamar a uno solo. Nunca encontré una página específica donde pueda ver los nombres de todos los personajes y quiénes son.
2. Mis expectativas iban más al género policial: Creo que, como fan de las novelas thriller/misterior me esperaba algo más cercano a este género. Así que si esperas algo así, porfa ya te digo yo que busca en otra parte.
Ahora, me he estado debatiendo entre ponerle 3 o 4 estrellas porque yo séee que Dostoevsky es genial, yo sé que es una obra magistral pero mi experiencia esta vez ha sido un 3 estrellas: te admiro pero no te puedo poner 4 porque eso significaría que he disfrutado leerte. Definitivamente manifestaré una novia inteligente que me explique clásicos pq yo perderme.
Cosa interesante: he encontrado en Raskolnikov una filosofía muy muy similar a Light Yagami. Yo morí hsjashjas, explico: el prota divide a la sociedad en dos categorías a los que permiten hacer crímenes pq son superiores y los demás. Entonces toda este recorrido de Rodia por justificar su crimen porque la vieja lo merecía me recordó bastante a Light porque también es un estudiante con un futuro brillante, ve la oportunidad de cometer un crimen, se cree alguien superior y alguien a quien cualquier crimen le es justificado con la excusa de que está limpiando la sociedad y luego se vuelve loco por el poder. El final es diferente perOo juro que necesito leer algún ensayo comparando a estos dos personajes. Otra cosa pero esa vez más personal::: yo quería identificarme con Rodia. Tengo una red flag de identificarme con personajes edgy y pensé que esta sería una de estas, pero no. Rodia se me hizo un personaje desesperante. Tan solo pensar que ni siquiera planificó bien su crimen y al final no usó lo que le había robado a la vieja me desesperaba aunque supongo que allí está la gracia de la novela.
vishal_moorthy's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
4.5
verapoyraz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
kfrasetto's review against another edition
dark
reflective
fast-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
4.75
Dostoevsky writing is very good!
duke_'s review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
theplatonicwitch's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
If you have ever wondered about the thin line or middle ground that, once crossed, can lead a person to become clinically insane, or how far God or a standard belief regarding morality is needed and how it affects a person in the long term, then "Crime and Punishment" is a book for you.
Like all of Fyodor Dostoevsky's works, where an individual suffers inner distress and ultimately allows that distress to consume him, leading him to actions he would not have otherwise considered, our main character, Raskolnikov, is a student suffering from poverty. His studies are taking a toll, and his sister is ready to marry a man who will end up destroying her life, all for the money needed to support Raskolnikov. As the story progresses, we see how Raskolnikov views people in general. He appears to have a superiority complex, compelling him to think he's better than most people. He is acquainted with an arrogant old woman who lends people money. She is seen as egoistic and arrogant, which Raskolnikov defines as irrational. As the story unfolds, Raskolnikov's thought process starts leaning towards the more irrational side of the human mind. He ends up killing the old woman and her sister, who accidentally appears at the scene of the crime. After committing a seemingly perfect murder, he is met with dissonance in his mind. As a born Christian, his beliefs keep provoking him, and he keeps rationalizing his behavior with his intellectual ideas.
The inner distress stems from his superiority complex being shackled by his inherent Christian beliefs. Pre-murder Raskolnikov has a dominant intellectual belief, but post-murder Raskolnikov starts losing his intellectual belief to his Christian beliefs. In the end, the Christian belief becomes dominant. Finally, he accepts his Christian belief over his intellectual rationality, recognizing what he did was a sin.
This book leans towards a psychological exploration of the conflict between belief and reasoning, and how a person can be mentally destroyed by their own state of mind.
One can link Raskolnikov's character with Schopenhauer's idea of human nature. Schopenhauer believed humans to be irrational, driven by need and the satisfaction of that need. Similarly, Raskolnikov is initially driven by his need to overcome poverty. However, the irony lies in the fact that Raskolnikov triumphs his belief over his desire. He doesn't use any of the money he stole from the old woman. In the end, what seemed like a perfect murder has loopholes that he himself puts in.
So, what do you think? What is actually the essence of human nature?
If you have ever wondered about the thin line or middle ground that, once crossed, can lead a person to become clinically insane, or how far God or a standard belief regarding morality is needed and how it affects a person in the long term, then "Crime and Punishment" is a book for you.
Like all of Fyodor Dostoevsky's works, where an individual suffers inner distress and ultimately allows that distress to consume him, leading him to actions he would not have otherwise considered, our main character, Raskolnikov, is a student suffering from poverty. His studies are taking a toll, and his sister is ready to marry a man who will end up destroying her life, all for the money needed to support Raskolnikov. As the story progresses, we see how Raskolnikov views people in general. He appears to have a superiority complex, compelling him to think he's better than most people. He is acquainted with an arrogant old woman who lends people money. She is seen as egoistic and arrogant, which Raskolnikov defines as irrational. As the story unfolds, Raskolnikov's thought process starts leaning towards the more irrational side of the human mind. He ends up killing the old woman and her sister, who accidentally appears at the scene of the crime. After committing a seemingly perfect murder, he is met with dissonance in his mind. As a born Christian, his beliefs keep provoking him, and he keeps rationalizing his behavior with his intellectual ideas.
The inner distress stems from his superiority complex being shackled by his inherent Christian beliefs. Pre-murder Raskolnikov has a dominant intellectual belief, but post-murder Raskolnikov starts losing his intellectual belief to his Christian beliefs. In the end, the Christian belief becomes dominant. Finally, he accepts his Christian belief over his intellectual rationality, recognizing what he did was a sin.
This book leans towards a psychological exploration of the conflict between belief and reasoning, and how a person can be mentally destroyed by their own state of mind.
One can link Raskolnikov's character with Schopenhauer's idea of human nature. Schopenhauer believed humans to be irrational, driven by need and the satisfaction of that need. Similarly, Raskolnikov is initially driven by his need to overcome poverty. However, the irony lies in the fact that Raskolnikov triumphs his belief over his desire. He doesn't use any of the money he stole from the old woman. In the end, what seemed like a perfect murder has loopholes that he himself puts in.
So, what do you think? What is actually the essence of human nature?
mayareadsitall's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0