Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

[whoshify]

ummm ARE YOU CRAZY? How dare you say this book needs to be edited to 150 pages! Nothing in this novel is unnecessary. Every page is important for the full development of the characters and plot. Don't go thinking you are too good for Dostoevsky. Sounds to me like your mind is too weak to comprehend the genius of crime and punishment and you completely missed the point of the book. You have no idea what you are talking about and you literally make me sick with your accusations.

[JudgementBookReviews]

@whoshify I bet if you took a Rorschach inkblot test you would see all sorts of extraordinary things, but it would be just your own imagination. In the same way, it is your own mind which is projecting great things on this rubbish book.

[theslash3r]

this clip is so wrong on so many levels that it doesn't need anyone else to demolish it. i still hope this is just a joke.

[odedesteve]

so if you cut the book to a third of its size it would suit those who ARE NOT slow and limited better? I don't understand.

You seem like an impatient reader. you didnt even get the moral of the book right.

[JudgementBookReviews]

@odedesteve If you aren't quick and broadminded, I don't suppose you would understand. It may also explain why you misunderstood the moral of the story.  What did you think the moral was anyway?

[Hobo4Craft]

@JudgementBookReviews (Part 1) Wait. In the first 40 seconds of this 'review', you state the theme of the book is, "that anyone can be redeemed," and then go on to state, "there is no optimism." You ramble about trivialities (without real citation or example) within the novel, but it is clear you yourself make these parts of the book trivial. Is a well-written novel for you one that cuts out all, ''extraneous'' detail and cuts right to the plot? Try reading a plot overview.

[JudgementBookReviews]

@Hobo4Craft "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Hobo4Craft]

@JudgementBookReviews Ah, it makes sense now: you are an Emerson fanatic. Well, you can go back to reading your short stories about nature, the soul, and transcendentalism. I think this 'scary' and 'unsettling' book is too much of a traumatic experience for you.

"Some random quote that will try to mask the fact that I got completely told off while not adding to the argument at all." - Some Great American Author.

[Hobo4Craft]

@JudgementBookReviews (Part 2) Much of the detail and randomness in this book reflect the distraught and torn mind of Raskolnikov. Not all of it is beautiful and happy like a children's book: it is not meant to be. Like alex6678 stated, this is an intense, psychological novel that requires actual effort (God forbid) from the reader to comprehend complex concepts and meanings. And it is clear you lack these things, as you obviously buy into the, "happy ending." provided,

[Hobo4Craft]

@JudgementBookReviews (Part 3) when, in reality, the novel is more nihilistic than anything. Dostoevsky had to put the ending in the novel lest he be punished by the Russian government for contemplating an intricate, premeditated crime due to the thoroughness of the detail (almost every scene/location in the novel existed in reality with some or little degree of tweaking. This is also why he would say things like "he went to X"). It's about a man who,

[Hobo4Craft]

@JudgementBookReviews (Part 4) due to the oppression of Russian society and his poor socioeconomic standing, tries to be extraordinary but fails miserably. Remember the whole Napoleon complex? Pretty important. What I suggest to you is to try an abridged version next time. Then the novel would be easier for you to comprehend.

[whoshify]

@Hobo4Craft Thank you for stating that so well. Exactly my thoughts and frustrations with the maker of this so called book review.

[JudgementBookReviews]

@Hobo4Craft What I suggest to you is try reading Hans Christian Anderson's tale "The Emperor’s New Clothes." You have been told by people who claim to be intellectuals that Crime and Punishment is a complex and well-written novel, and your vanity and desire to not appear dumb prompts you to defend it.

[Hobo4Craft]

@JudgementBookReviews Quite the quip, but in reality, your facade of intelligence is the only thing here that is naked. Try to expand your mind sometime. Have a nice life.

[DenisTheMennnace]

go read some short detective stories that will degrade your brain. this is a masterpiece, if you don't get its beauty, its your problem, because youre too close-minded. don't say things like "this book is for weird people" and "the writer is a weirdo"

[145bobby]

I have to read it for school, I did the math, and it takes about 2min30 seconds to 3min for a "QUICK" reading pace of this book. Since it was assigned for summer reading I read other books and thought that I could do this one in 10-15 hours. Yet when I did the math with the pace i listed, it ends up taking 26-27 hours to finish this book and I loath ever minute.. I still need to finish 200 pages before Thursday.

[Fr0ggeh86]

Did you yourself skim through sections of it or read it in it's entirety? I cannot understand how you could propose the book to be cut to around 150 pages!

[JudgementBookReviews]

@Fr0ggeh86 Yes, I skimmed through much of Crime and Punishment. I enjoy creative intelligent stories, not the ramblings of someone suffering from mental problems. I could easily edit it down to 150 pages and probably add some comedy to it at the same time.

[alex6678]

Read some Stephen King if you want action. This is an intense psychological novel, and the subtleties are what make the book brilliant, even if they take more pages to tell. For example; the character of Svidragailov(sorry for misspelling) is the quintessential character showing Raskolnikov what a damaged conscience can do to a once prosperous man, which leads to the mans suicide. These, and other numerous subplots and many different characters representing different walks of life show a brill