Thread: Crime and punishment

I am currently reading crime and punishment, without giving me any spoilers, what did you think of the book?

I am only about 40 pages in so far.

Well I'm a huge Dostoevsky fan so my opinion might be a little biased. Personally even though it's the first of his great novels I still consider it his best, though most people consider that to be The Brothers Karamazov. I just enjoy how he goes into such depth with one character, and it's probably the simplest and straightforward of all his novels. I'd consider him (and a lot of people do) as one of the greatest psychologists of all time. According to an article I read Nietzsche called him "The only psychologist that I could stand to learn something from". Anyways if you enjoy it I'd advise to try his other works as well. I've read four of his five great novels (the only one not being The Adolescent, which I plan to eventually). Notes from Underground is good too, though extremely dark and twisted. Even The Gambler which he pretty much wrote just for the money and to save himself from dept was a good short story. The only translations I've read are by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokonsky, they supply footnotes, which help a lot as most Americans are probably not too knowledgeable about 19th century Russia. I've heard their translation's are the most true to his work too, but can't be sure not being able to read Russian myself. Anyways, I'm sort of rambling. You got me on one of my favorite subjects, but let me know how you like it.