A review by biolexicon
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.0

Maybe this just happens to me, but I’ll read books and be reminded of certain friends. While reading Crime and Punishment, I was struck by how well this book captures the essence of one of my friends. Weird people seem to walk into his life in the same way Marmeladov walks into Raskolnikov’s. I talked with him about the book and we agreed on one other point: that Raskolnikov and him have very similar psychologies, which is a bit more unsettling. I liked exploring the psychological themes in this book, but didn’t love it. Part of that may be because my friend who identifies with Raskolnikov has such a strong love for this book that my relaxed enjoyment of it seems to pale in comparison. So there is nothing in this book I can directly criticize; it’s more that this book didn’t connect as strongly with me as it did for someone else.