Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment — a cautionary tale about exactly the kind of solipsism and misanthropy that can take us over in our 30s. Fast paced and beautifully written, it reads like a modern crime thriller.

on HN, 2020

Often with classic literature I get bogged down with flowery language, what seems like over emphasis on points, or dialogues that seem to stretch for eternity. Especially classic European literature with their “classic” translations. Often I push through those points and am rewarded by that, but with “Crime and Punishment” I felt almost no friction while reading, which was a surprise to me because I often do feel that friction with classic literature.

on HN, 2021

Crime and punishment: I’m not into literature but this one is worth it. A great dive into human psychology.

on HN, 2019

Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky - I went back to Dostoevsky because I needed a break from business books... Something to distract me from work in the evenings. Dostoevsky's overly descriptive narrative does a great job of transporting my mind to 19th-century Russia and far, far from my work and other present-day concerns.

on HN, 2016

He is intellectually honest and provides unprecedented (at least for its time) psychological insight into his complex characters.

on HN, 2015

also in the historical/cultural fiction realm: anna karenina, crime and punishment, a tale of two cities, les miserables.

on HN, 2020