It has been a long three months of reading this book!

I had very some doubts coming into this book, because I had read Great Expectations the semester before, which was not the easiest read for me, so I was pleasantly surprised at my ability to follow the storyline of this novel!

We got straight into the crime along with lots of character building, as well as world-building. Raskolnikov is definitely the perfect main character for this novel. He had many different sides to him, and he was honestly quite unpredictable. There was a lot to break down with him, and while I would like to see character development in books I read, I think I appreciated the confusing amount we were dosed with, in this novel.

Rodya's character aside, I really loved Dunya's character. I feel like a lot of people will say this, but she really stood out, especially as a woman, and I was pretty surprised to see this in a 19th-century novel.

This book was an interesting mix of things to break down, characters to analyze, humor, references to things that I didn't even understand, and crimes and punishment.

Also I have no idea how to feel about the ending of this book still, haha.