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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
“Life has stepped into the place of theory and something quite different would work itself out in his mind”
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
medium-paced
Una obra, tiene una forma de narrar las emociones de forma impecable. Excelente
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
hefty read. interesting!
Crime and Punishment marks the first book I read by Dostoyevsky, and it certainly won’t be my last. This book follows the young and egotistical Raskolnikov and his guilty conscience. Raskolnikov who, seeing an elderly pawn woman as a “lesser” being because of her cruelty and because his own level of intelligence, believes it to be no crime to murder her, as it would also be a benefit to society. The rest of the story follows the aftermath of this crime and his turmoil and denial of remorse.
“Crime? What crime? ... My killing a loathsome, harmful louse, a filthy old moneylender woman
who brought no good to anyone, to murder whom would pardon forty sins, who sucked the
lifeblood of the poor, and you call that a crime ?”
It’s apparent in this book that the author believes one must admit and embrace suffering in order to gain moral redemption, a very anti-nihilistic point of view. It’s rare to find an author who makes his characters’ emotions seem so true-to-life and authentic, but Dostoyevesky did a marvelous job of achieving just that.
“Crime? What crime? ... My killing a loathsome, harmful louse, a filthy old moneylender woman
who brought no good to anyone, to murder whom would pardon forty sins, who sucked the
lifeblood of the poor, and you call that a crime ?”
It’s apparent in this book that the author believes one must admit and embrace suffering in order to gain moral redemption, a very anti-nihilistic point of view. It’s rare to find an author who makes his characters’ emotions seem so true-to-life and authentic, but Dostoyevesky did a marvelous job of achieving just that.
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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
My second visit to the first of Dostoevsky’s great novels, with renewed appreciation. The theme of the moral resurrection of a tormented, confused axe murderer is fascinating, but I really loved the secondary characters, especially the demonstrative Razumikhin, pompous suitor Luzhin, and humorous, cagey Inspector Porfiry Petrovich (a direct model for TV’s Inspector Columbo). All the characters are well-drawn, and despite the horrific details of Raskolnokov’s crime and his (initial) evasion of punishment, there’s a heart beating at the center of everything.