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Crime and Punishment
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Had this one intimidating me for a while, it just sneers whenever I pass over it!

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Fatin
It is not often that a great work lives up to its hype, but this book, God, this book is absolutely brilliant.

This is hardly a book about the story. The simple plot of which, could have easily fit in a mere hundred pages, or maybe even less. Instead it explores human psychology, the inner workings of the mind of a criminal, of a man who doesn't necessarily think like the rest of us.

I did not take to the characters immediately, but I do feel a connection to Raskolnikov (our protagonist,) I don't
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Catherine
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Feb 02, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Sep 28, 2013 rated it it was amazing
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Jan 03, 2014 rated it it was ok
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