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Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.16 AVERAGE

christine_f's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shayan_abbas's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

rutherford's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional funny 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

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I’m very annoyed by dostoevsky’s politics but I liked the suspense and there were some funny lines 

TWO chapters in your EPILOGUE???? Chill out 

Converting to Christianity in the last second??? 🙄 likely thing for Dostoevsky to write but whatever BORING actually it’s narratively supported but I’m annoyed by it 

andrewoftheseas's review against another edition

4.0

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weird and enjoyable

willthespill's review against another edition

5.0

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

i_overthink_my_usernames's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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writing this was a crime, and reading it was my punishment… 10/10 reading experience 

seeeenf's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad 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

amongstchaosshereads's review against another edition

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Brilliant

bonnybonbon's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Despite its lengh, the story was easy to follow and interesting, mostly due to the character interactions. This may be a weird critique but I wish the murders happened a bit later on. They happen very early in the book, earlier than you would expect and after Raskolnikov recovered from his delirium, he didn't really seem to care that much about what he had done and the rest of the book is about completely separate things to the "crime." And the "punishment" part wasn't that severe either

tindrabh's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced