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boundanddeterminedbooks 's review for:
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
First the positives: the audiobook narrator I listened to was PHENOMENAL. He was really acting more than I think I've ever heard in an audiobook and that was really cool.
Now: this story was SO overlong. There were some interesting moments and plot lines, but they were drowned in so many soliloquies about the human condition and the nature of crime and guilt that it was hard to tune back in for them.
Also, I dont understand how Russian names work, because I was SO confused about who was who. Everyone has 3 names I guess? And a lot of them have at least one name in common? it was extremely hard to keep track of who was who.
And the main guy (whose name I can't even begin to try to spell) was SO irritating to read. And I can like a book with an unlikeable main character, but good God this guy was insufferable. And everyone else just like, loved him? I genuinely could not figure out why anyone would want to spend a single second with that man. Friend who marries the sister was giving off MAJOR Samwise Gamgee energy, and not in a good way. I wish therapy had existed in 1860's Russia, because every one of these people needed A LOT of it.
So yeah, there were flashes of interest, but overall this was not for me. But I get to scratch it off my poster so I guess that's a win?
Now: this story was SO overlong. There were some interesting moments and plot lines, but they were drowned in so many soliloquies about the human condition and the nature of crime and guilt that it was hard to tune back in for them.
Also, I dont understand how Russian names work, because I was SO confused about who was who. Everyone has 3 names I guess? And a lot of them have at least one name in common? it was extremely hard to keep track of who was who.
And the main guy (whose name I can't even begin to try to spell) was SO irritating to read. And I can like a book with an unlikeable main character, but good God this guy was insufferable. And everyone else just like, loved him? I genuinely could not figure out why anyone would want to spend a single second with that man. Friend who marries the sister was giving off MAJOR Samwise Gamgee energy, and not in a good way. I wish therapy had existed in 1860's Russia, because every one of these people needed A LOT of it.
So yeah, there were flashes of interest, but overall this was not for me. But I get to scratch it off my poster so I guess that's a win?