Book review: The Fault in our Stars by John Green

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Picked up copy of my cousin as wanted a light read after Crime & Punishment..this book is not exactly chick-lit but i think was written with hollywood in mind as a kind of mushy love story..what this book has done is given me a reason to read Emperor of Maladies..plus the whole thought of being a grenade and exploding is so heart rending..also this book reminded cruelly that should have extended my visit to Amsterdam as student and roamed around city bicycling..hope the Genie will listen to me too..



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Book Review: Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


To me this novel revolves around the article of Raskolnikov on the superiority of one class of men with right to kill and them being eulogised/ knighted later..the best parts of book is the conversation between Porfiry and Raskolnikov..one can surely empathize with the protagonist and his delirium phase..in this main plot of crime (done upfront) and punishment (at the end by the state; by own mind during the course of novel) the sub-plots of his sister (Dounia and her crooked admirers i.e. Luzhin and Svidrigailov), and drunken Marmeladov (and subsequently his family including Sonia) stretches the novel..however, one scene where Katerina Ivanova (wife of wasted Marmeladov) takes to streets with her children begging, dancing, singing is very poignant..



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