Crime and Punishment

By Andrew S.

Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment is a book that grows on the reader. It starts off rather slowly, but soon the reader feels as though he is part of the life of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, the protagonist.

Raskolnikov faces conflicts both within himself and externally as a result of a crime that he commits after justifying the criminal offence to himself. Of course, a crime as significant as murder does not sit well in the head of any man who still has even a slight grasp on sanity. Raskolnikov plummets into mental conflict that brings him to some of the most extreme situations that one can face. He makes decisions that cause his family and himself severe anguish.

This is a novel that should not be overlooked; a reader would be giving up a chance to be exposed to one of the greatest authors of the 19th century, Dostoevsky.

I give Crime and Punishment an 8 out of 10.