Thursday, November 6, 2008

A little frantic...

I was reading into the second section of Crime and Punishment at work today and I think that I found out why people do read the book over and over again. I was finding myself actually feeling nervous while I was reading about Raskolnikov looking for blood on his clothes. The writing has made me like Rasky (Raskolnikov) even though he killed the old woman. While he was freaking out I felt like I was really there (that sounds so cheesy) experiencing it with him. I have only gotten to the part where he is at the police station, and it is killing me. I am just worried that Rasky will have some guilt attack and just blurt it out and ruin everything. It stinks because I feel like his getting caught is inevitable, but I don't know when or how it will happen. Frankly this book makes me feel anxious and frantic...

3 comments:

jj said...

EM: excellent thoughts. I think part of his talent is the ability to create/continue that tension. It's like a great suspense movie (not a stupid zombie movie) that makes you sink down in your seat.

I am not ruining anything by saying the novel doesn't go the direction you think it will.

jj said...

Also: thanks for reading.

Red-head with an attitude said...

I totally agree, Dostoevsky's writing makes you feel like you're walking down the streets of St. Petersburg along with Raskolnikov.