Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

149 reviews

midwifereading's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

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I have now read at least three Russian classics: Anna Karenina, War & Peace, and now Crime & Punishment. Of the three, I think the latter is my favorite.

Opening with a bloody murder is a bold move, and watching the murderer struggle on the brink of madness for however many pages (a lot) was quite the journey. 

My favorite characters where the two young women, Dunya and Sonya, along with Razumikhin (the murderer's BFF). They reflect all that is good in the world, while still carrying human flaws. 

The main character (and murderer), Raskolnikov, was complex and interesting, and entirely unlikeable. And frankly, his "punishment" was pretty unsatisfying, and the ending was far softer than I thought it would be. 

I did listen on audio to the unabridged version, and the narrator was amazing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence

catleuumlivro's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia

hellioux's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Suicide, Dementia

rallsley's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Gaslighting

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Antisemitism, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Deportation

wyabook234's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Violence, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia, Antisemitism

shibbie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Blood, Murder, Alcohol

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

sofipitch's review against another edition

3.0

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Given how universally loved I was not ready for how conservative Christian this book is. This book is fascinating in how it portrays a very real very harsh reality in it as a part of it's moral dilemmas, but the solutions Dostoyevsky proposes are just meaningless in a way. I will say I spent a lot of time thinking about this book and also feeling crazy bc of it's acclaimed status and just not jiving with it, so in terms of making me think, it did a good job. I'm just too much of a commie and with a strong belief in moral relativism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Racism, Antisemitism

dearbhlanoonan's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Minor: Sexism, Xenophobia

gorophobe's review against another edition

2.25

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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just save yourself an unbearably long time listening to certified armchair philosophers psychoanalyse themselves and still end up repeating the same 5 archaic points about who is and isnt above the law or what their shitty ideals are & constant tweakoffs as everyone passes around The Madness like fucking covid19. 

if you want to know what mattered in this book read the epilogue and keep it pushing

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Pedophilia

samitdhull's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death of parent, Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol