Reviews

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

esawys's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

katu's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense

5.0

h3llg1rl's review against another edition

i’ll pick it back up later🤓☝🏼

dkatreads's review against another edition

4.0

How does he come up with these characters? Masterful. And dialogue like nobody else. But really slow start, and Dostoevsky is a casual antisemite, which needs to be said, considering the history of pogroms in 19th/20th ce Russia.

Lots to ponder. Again, really long, but also not much even happened? Still, a story that could be discussed for hours. I almost feel unfair rating it before a second read through. So much to be said about resurrection, atonement, guilt and love, and more depth in each of those than I know I gathered this first go.

I think what will stick for me most tho is that there are places where shame and love meet, and we may never believe them until they’re almost out of reach.

magarpe's review against another edition

challenging dark funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

suvranshu03's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-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

5.0

celeswalker's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

mientras leía los monólogos internos de raskolnikov no podía dejar de pensar en que freud decía que dostoyevski era el psicólogo más profundo de todos, e incluso utilizó gran parte de su obra para formular sus teorías. podría decirse que el escenario de crimen y castigo es la mente atormentada de raskolnikov descrita de forma precisa y cruda, sin ningún tipo de limitación; y a partir de esta se desarrolla toda la trama 

tayboud's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

jenhurst's review against another edition

5.0

4.5.
This had a super slow start but I ended up really enjoying the book. I get why people suggest reading this before the secret history now. I can see how it inspired a lot of dark academia with the murder and the pretentiousness of the main character.

sammy_0820's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5