What did we like most about the book?
 An: Though I found this book to carry too many details at times, I did enjoy the plot and characters. Because the story was written with Russia in mind, the crazy spellings of names as well as the amount of characters that this story contained, I found the characters to provide somewhat of a game atmosphere. Raskolnikov played an interesting, yet puzzling man who committed a murder with only the best of intentions according to his own personal "ambition" theory.
 Am: Well Ann, I definitely agree with your opinion.  The book was extremely interesting and easy to get into, yet the plot and sub-plot events seemed to drag on toward the end of the story.  The best part of the book, I feel, is the continual questioning of Raskolnikov's sanity or insanity.  At times you feel as though he was completely sane, only to have your theory shot down in the next chapter.
 
   What did we dislike the most about the book?
 An: I feel that because this book was written by a Russian author, and the story line took place in Russia, that at times, their culture would crash into ours. An excessive amount of details were used, especially to describe things that were completely irrelevant to the plot and of no interest to me.
 Am: Awesome answer.  I couldn't have said it better myself.
 
   Who was our favorite character?
 Am: YES! I get to go first.  Well, my favorite character must have been Razumihin.  He seems to me to be the only decent guy in the whole story.  Though at times he tried to hard to help and please others, he was the overall 'nice guy'.  
 An: My favorite character would have to be Dounia. I have to go with the "nice girl" idea, just because I feel that she does not get the long end of the stick; instead she is caught in a family feud about her intended marriage, she gets hit on by a bunch of guys, and throughout all of this, she is never asked for her opinion. She must sit in the corner and take the bad things that are thrown at her and she can't do anything about it.
   
 

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