Reviews

Delitto e castigo by Fyodor Dostoevsky

lilykennedy's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

yumducko's review against another edition

3.0

Tbh when it got interesting the narrative focused too much of fucking katerina ivanovna who is such an annoying cunt my god i zoomed through the ending

mahavir's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

stellamcvey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I wish I could have encountered this book in some kind of academic setting because I know there's so many layers I'm not understanding on a first reading. What surprised me most about this was how easy and engaging it was, I was genuinely shocked by how engrossed I became. I really loved how much Dostoevsky makes you sympathise with Rodya. He's completely pathetic in a lot of ways, but because the community that rallies around him genuinely cares for him you find yourself becoming part of that group, hoping along with Razumikhin, Sonya, and Dunya that this boy will get himself together.

empyrian's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.0

flirtatious_fern's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

kikkrareads's review against another edition

2.0

I understand that this text is a classic. I understand it is also originally written in Russian. But this was really not a read for me. I felt it really dragged on and I still question how much he really feels bad for his crime. I feel he spiralled but not for reasons he should have 

lamplightlibrary's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

helluvanimmigrant's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

marga28's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5