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I am somewhere in the middle of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. I just had to write a few lines about how excellently well written it is. “Show, dont tell� Dostoyevsky is simple one of the best. As a writer he is neutral about his characters. They each paint their own portrait in what they say and do.

For instance Luzhin we hear about in a letter. Raskolnikov then adds his analysis of the man. At that point I wasn't quite sure what to think about Luzhin, since Raskolnikov isn't the most reliable person. We later meet Luzhin in the story, and can judge ourself. And later again later we get Razumikhin's  analysis of the man and his comments to what Raskolnikov has said. It is like getting to look in the answer book. Why is this so brilliant? The food is not chewed for you, but at the same time no reader is left behind.

I wonder how much ahead of time it was by having the criminal is the center person in the book. (We see the story mostly from his point of view).