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bettiebookpage 's review for:
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I’m thoroughly convinced people only say they like this book because they’re supposed to like this book because it’s considered a classic and liking Dostoevsky is some kind of fucking cool club of pretentious drivel.
It should be enough that it’s SO fucking antisemitic. That’s more than enough reason to hate it. But it’s also just terribly written, especially the dialogue. It’s so fucking bad lol.
Examples:
“you won’t be offended, my dear, that I keep pacing back and forth like this; excuse me, my dear, I’m so afraid of offending you, but it’s simply necessary for me to move, sir. I sit all the time, and I’m so glad to be able to walk around for five minutes or so… hemorrhoids, sir…” (wtf?!)
“… and for me, personally, it began by accident, a quite accidental accident, something which in the highest degree might or might not have happened - and what was it? Hm, I think there’s no need to say.” WTF?!?!
Also annoyed by the constant: Ha, ha, ha! Hem, hem!
Damn this book should be a crime and ‘twas a punishment to be read!!!!!
(Only tacked on an extra star cuz there were like 2 or 3 moments where a certain really fascinating passage made me think “oh, ok, I get it” - but then it would pretty soon return to pissing me the fuck off)
It should be enough that it’s SO fucking antisemitic. That’s more than enough reason to hate it. But it’s also just terribly written, especially the dialogue. It’s so fucking bad lol.
Examples:
“you won’t be offended, my dear, that I keep pacing back and forth like this; excuse me, my dear, I’m so afraid of offending you, but it’s simply necessary for me to move, sir. I sit all the time, and I’m so glad to be able to walk around for five minutes or so… hemorrhoids, sir…” (wtf?!)
“… and for me, personally, it began by accident, a quite accidental accident, something which in the highest degree might or might not have happened - and what was it? Hm, I think there’s no need to say.” WTF?!?!
Also annoyed by the constant: Ha, ha, ha! Hem, hem!
Damn this book should be a crime and ‘twas a punishment to be read!!!!!
(Only tacked on an extra star cuz there were like 2 or 3 moments where a certain really fascinating passage made me think “oh, ok, I get it” - but then it would pretty soon return to pissing me the fuck off)