Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment throws you into a dark, danky world where a fetid rot emanates from each page. I would read the book, put it down and get the feeling that a thin layer of grease had covered me head to toe. I can understand it's appeal and reverence through the years but I found it difficult to settle into the prose and tangential conversation. Dostoevsky puts you right in the mind of Rodin, it's a little unsettling how immersed you are in the mind of the protagonist. This was a grind, glad to have completed it and emerge intact.