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gracebirdly's review against another edition
3.0
*Ahem*
Ok just to preface this review I would like you all to know that I did not finish this book (I got to page 400 out of 650) so you can take this review with as many grains of salt you can. But before you shake your head and sigh with disappointment and before the Goodreads community ostracizes me completely for writing a review on a book that I haven’t finished the only reason I am writing this is because there is no other place where people will listen to my thoughts on crime and punishment and I do have thoughts. Even though I don’t have any intention of finishing this book soon, I will update this review if I ever get around to it. So I’ve said my piece, onto the review:
Man I thought that I could read a lot of books this summer and then I had to start with this 650 page long piece of freaking russian literature. Interesting story, we love murder and all that and it kind of caused a moral dilemma for myself (it kind of freaked me out when I felt bad for the murderer instead of the person being murdered) but….it was long….too long (the “villain” of the story didn’t show up until around page 330 if that paints a picture for ya) and had all these different Russian people with Russian names that are all hard to pronounce and are all pretty similar. And sometimes those characters went on and on, spending whole PAGES (plural, yep that’s correct) just to get one little small idea across….I was getting Shakespeare PTSD. Even thought it is a classic, just read the summary on cliff notes and you’re covered, that’s what I should’ve done.
Ok just to preface this review I would like you all to know that I did not finish this book (I got to page 400 out of 650) so you can take this review with as many grains of salt you can. But before you shake your head and sigh with disappointment and before the Goodreads community ostracizes me completely for writing a review on a book that I haven’t finished the only reason I am writing this is because there is no other place where people will listen to my thoughts on crime and punishment and I do have thoughts. Even though I don’t have any intention of finishing this book soon, I will update this review if I ever get around to it. So I’ve said my piece, onto the review:
Man I thought that I could read a lot of books this summer and then I had to start with this 650 page long piece of freaking russian literature. Interesting story, we love murder and all that and it kind of caused a moral dilemma for myself (it kind of freaked me out when I felt bad for the murderer instead of the person being murdered) but….it was long….too long (the “villain” of the story didn’t show up until around page 330 if that paints a picture for ya) and had all these different Russian people with Russian names that are all hard to pronounce and are all pretty similar. And sometimes those characters went on and on, spending whole PAGES (plural, yep that’s correct) just to get one little small idea across….I was getting Shakespeare PTSD. Even thought it is a classic, just read the summary on cliff notes and you’re covered, that’s what I should’ve done.
eris_648's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
heddro's review against another edition
dark
reflective
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
3.0
karen7915's review against another edition
dark
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.75
classicallyclassy's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- 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
My fav novel. Everyone should read once in their life. The characters are really realistic, both the main character Raskolnikov and the side characters like Svidrigalov. I loved all of them. Especially Dounia she's coool. The plot was awesome too.
lukiz's review against another edition
5.0
no tengo palabras para explicar la obra maestra que es este libro
dnandrews797's review against another edition
3.0
A pretty good read overall. It seemed to drag a bit at times as I was forced to sit through conversations that didn’t add anything to the plot except to delay big moments. The introspection done by Raskolnikov and the characters of Dunya and Sonya balanced these parts out nicely though.
evaeyre's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
although I personally struggled a bit with this book, I think in the end it’s very good! you really have to dedicate yourself to understanding the plot and characters, and i feel that it’s very… russian. but I did enjoy it!
magmaa's review against another edition
5.0
10/10
I thought it was gonna be good but it shattered my expectations
I thought it was gonna be good but it shattered my expectations