A review by miinmio
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

the goofy cartoon ass justice system in this book is what made it amazing to me.
the fact that the LEAD investigator can just KNOW who did it and not apprehend him and instead use straight up mind tricks to get him to admit it is crazy, we need to do that more.

in all seriousness: i love this book. everything it brings to the conversation of criminals and reformation really lets you change your way of thinking about the nature of evil things and bad people. the ending is also very nice... if anything the book is just kinda wordy with the dialogue but goddamn if the characters aren't the most loveable guys ever (except one, fuck you svridrigailov). 100% essential reading.
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