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The Originals: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
31 reviews
sunlandic's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Pedophilia, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Classism, and Confinement
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cultural appropriation, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, and Xenophobia
annadrinksmilk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Death, and Child abuse
Moderate: Rape and Suicide
mme_carton's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Murder, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Gore, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Infidelity
Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Racism, and Slavery
lana_rosalea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Sexual harassment and Murder
Minor: Domestic abuse
sunny_not's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gore, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Violence
mmefish's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder
Moderate: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Minor: Domestic abuse and Adult/minor relationship
ferretgazette's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Moderate: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
cryptidstation's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Suicide
Minor: Antisemitism and Domestic abuse
marenk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Terminal illness
Minor: Suicide
tshepiso's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
I don't think I have the words to describe how much I enjoyed reading Crime and Punishment. This brick of a book is insular, miserable, and bleak, but so compelling. What makes it shine is the sprawling character drama at its core. Crime and Punishment read like a soap opera more so than pretentious high-brow literature and the intensity of emotion spewing from the trail of misery in every chapter was enrapturing.
Our protagonist Raskolnikov is the definition of a hot mess. The man truly has never met a bad decision he didn't want to ride to its very end and that lead the story down fascinating paths. He's arrogant and erratic, but also sardonic and witty in a way that made seeing him interact with people he saw as inferior to him so fun. Honestly, there was a kind of catharsis in seeing the chickenheads of his terrible decision-making come home to roost too.
The female characters on display in the story were just to die for. Dostoyevsky manages to write female characters who exist as saintly figures within his narrative without removing their agency or intrigue. Sofya Semyonovna is a fantastic example of how to write a "pure-hearted" woman without patronizing or reducing her. The fibre and backbone she had constantly made her more than just a prop for Raskolnikov's character growth and she felt so genuine and fully fleshed out under Dostoyevsky's careful handling. Tess Durbeyfield wishes she had what she had. Also, a brief shout out to Avdotya Romanovna for being an equally engaging female character who took absolutely no shit from the men around her who tried to manipulate her.
Crime and Punishment is a story about people barely surviving in a world hell-bent on eviscerating them. It's as morose and grimy as the sweltering St. Petersburg streets of its setting, but despite the dramatics of it all Dostoyevsky still managed to capture an honesty to all his characters, even the most despicable, and that made it well worth the read.
Graphic: Murder and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Misogyny
Minor: Domestic abuse