Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Crimen y castigo by Fyodor Dostoevsky

53 reviews

rallsley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Death of parent, and Gun violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Body horror, Bullying, Deportation, Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Alcohol, and Excrement

shibbie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Sexism, Rape, and Sexual harassment

sofipitch's review against another edition

3.0

Given how universally loved I was not ready for how conservative Christian this book is. This book is fascinating in how it portrays a very real very harsh reality in it as a part of it's moral dilemmas, but the solutions Dostoyevsky proposes are just meaningless in a way. I will say I spent a lot of time thinking about this book and also feeling crazy bc of it's acclaimed status and just not jiving with it, so in terms of making me think, it did a good job. I'm just too much of a commie and with a strong belief in moral relativism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Murder, Death of parent, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Racism and Antisemitism

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

The downward spiral of a poor student was relatable.  I enjoyed my time (mostly).

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexism, Terminal illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Blood, Racism, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Torture, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Chronic illness, Confinement, Addiction, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Car accident, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Murder, Body horror, Bullying, Classism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

samitdhull's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Adult/minor relationship

alisonvh's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

A man commits a heinous crime, then spends 500 pages deliberating whether or not he should confess. By the end, all the tension was gone for me because you can only dangle a carrot in front of me and yank it away so many times before I give up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

quipo's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Excellent book. Dostoevsky is a genius

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Mental illness, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Suicide

Minor: Classism, Death of parent, and Gun violence

emamoretti03's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Sicuramente rientrerà nella libreria dei miei libri preferiti. Riassumo alcune caratteristiche di questo libro che possono essere utili:
1- è un libro impegnativo (ma non troppo), questo è vero, infondo state leggendo un classico russo che non può avere la facilità di lettura di un fantasy, avrà alcuni momenti più lenti ma non è solo così. Questo libro infatti nonostante richieda un attenzione particolare, se letto in un momento adatto scorre anche molto velocemente, soprattutto nei punti salienti, considerando che è stato scritto circa 150 anni fa diciamo che non ha la pesantezza asfissiante di un classicone noioso, anzi, tutt'altro.
2- Il dubbio, questo libro ti mette sempre in dubbio, non solo la tua visione dell'omicidio in generale ma anche il tuo rapporto con la morale. Ci saranno momenti in cui ci si ritrova a "tifare" in un certo senso per il protagonista nonostante abbia commesso dal punto di vista morale un crimine orribile. 
3- Archi narrativi, questo libro si articola anche su altri livelli di complessità, in particolare si organizza su diversi archi narrativi, anche le vicende che accadono alle persone che sono intorno al protagonista denotano una società marcia e malata, si parla infatti di degrado, prostituzione, morte e malattie mentali oltre che fisiche. 

Che dire, a me è piaciuto veramente tanto, consiglierei però di prepararsi psicologicamente prima di questo libro perchè è impegnativo sia come lettura che come contenuti

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Mental illness, and Suicide

cherryfreckle's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Animal death, Murder, Suicide, Classism, Slavery, Violence, Confinement, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Body shaming and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

mary_catherine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Suicide, Death, and Grief

Minor: Alcoholism, Death of parent, Classism, and Alcohol