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alliejnewey 's review for:
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
"your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing."
fyodor, i fear your melancholy and existential writing style has captivated me. firstly, this book is phenomenally written. i believe i will be thinking of the above quote for the rest of my life (as well as so many other incredible passages). the last 200 pages were particularly riveting, i could not put the book down and read parts 5-6 in one sitting.
i will say, however, that this book did take me 2.5 months to finish - which is quite long for me - mostly because 1) i kept flipping to the footnotes to better understand the context, thus making it a longer comprehension process and 2) i kept getting confused by the very Russian custom of every character having at least 6 different names. so that definitely made it drag at certain parts, but overall, i definitely want to reread at some point.
4.5/5
fyodor, i fear your melancholy and existential writing style has captivated me. firstly, this book is phenomenally written. i believe i will be thinking of the above quote for the rest of my life (as well as so many other incredible passages). the last 200 pages were particularly riveting, i could not put the book down and read parts 5-6 in one sitting.
i will say, however, that this book did take me 2.5 months to finish - which is quite long for me - mostly because 1) i kept flipping to the footnotes to better understand the context, thus making it a longer comprehension process and 2) i kept getting confused by the very Russian custom of every character having at least 6 different names. so that definitely made it drag at certain parts, but overall, i definitely want to reread at some point.
4.5/5