A review by chyneyee
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Raskolnikov isn't well from the beginning, but the burden of his crime and the fear of being caught, which drains his energy due to overthinking, adds more severity to his illness. I found the writer brilliantly captured the rollercoaster of emotions of the protagonist.