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challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
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
Took me 8 months to finish, with reading slumps in between.
The story and the translation's language are very easy to understand and stay with the flow of the story. Big books like this, usually scare me off, or I get bored in the middle. Even if I took 8 months to finish this, the story and the flow never bothered me. It was relatable and interesting.
Some parts dragged way too much, but the story was good overall. The characters' names were a bit confusing since the Russian names's full names and the short names are different, but you get used to it as you read. I liked how the author portrayed the crime and its punishment in so many layers.
Why must Rodion Raskolnikov commit the crime, thinking he has the authority to have a judgment and the right to punish the old pawnbroker woman over her crimes which resulted in Rodion having to go through his own share of crime and punishment? And how he was already being punished before the actual punishment by law. The emotional torment leads him to confess his crime, only to not repent about it later since that was given. And how the rest of the people around him who did not commit any crimes were punished even before the crime happened. It's a crazy book but very real to its core and relatable.
The story and the translation's language are very easy to understand and stay with the flow of the story. Big books like this, usually scare me off, or I get bored in the middle. Even if I took 8 months to finish this, the story and the flow never bothered me. It was relatable and interesting.
Some parts dragged way too much, but the story was good overall. The characters' names were a bit confusing since the Russian names's full names and the short names are different, but you get used to it as you read. I liked how the author portrayed the crime and its punishment in so many layers.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Murder
Moderate: Suicide
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Gun violence
Minor: Fire/Fire injury
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Antisemitism, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Murder
Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Classism
challenging
dark
mysterious
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
I’m surprised at how much I appreciated this book. It’s definitely worth getting through, I think. A word of advice - this book, while about a specific crime and a specific punishment, it is really about “crime” and “punishment” as ideas and realities more broadly, so when he goes off and talks about all these different characters and it takes chapters and chapters to move along with Raskolnikov’s story, recognize that those stories are as important to the point and idea of the book as our main character, even if it seems that that particular side plot wasn’t necessary. I’m really glad I read it!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Physical abuse, Rape
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Suicide
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Dear god this book is so boring I do not understand why anyone likes this
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Suicide
dark
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
I was always the person who had different opinions from everyone. But, even I, surprised myself for giving this novel just three stars. But, to be fair, it was fairly mid. (Or do I just really not like men authors?)
This felt like those AO3 character study fanfics that have 700 pages, because why was this over 500 pages long? Listen, I’m not Russian, but at least I know that Russians don’t talk dialogues that is one whole paragraph = one whole page??? Do not even get me started when the main character compared himself to Napoleon… like… that’s kinda embarrassing, my dude.
Crime and Punishment follows a young guy in despair plots the ideal crime: the murder of a vile pawnbroker, an elderly woman who no one would ever love or regret. One of the best books ever written starts here. It's a riveting detective thriller, a chilling murder mystery, and a profound psychological study that's laced with social, religious, and philosophical allegory. After carrying out his ludicrous plan, Raskolnikov—a poor student living in a garret in the dismal depths of St. Petersburg—begins to spiral into a terrifying, insane, and persecuting hell. Crime and Punishment reveals the spirit of a man obsessed by both good and evil while taking the reader on a voyage into the most sinister corners of the criminal and twisted mind. A guy unable to avoid his own moral obligations.
Other than using an axe to bash in the brains of two ladies, Raskolnikov's only accomplishment to fame seems to have been an article he authored. Did it really need 500 pages?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
Minor: Antisemitism