Look, we’re readers in the Core. We’re readers of big books, huge ones, even. But there’s a certain point when the book goes on too long. We’ve all been there:
Crime and Punishment. Perhaps you’re thinking, “maybe I should read that canonical novel!” I’m going to stop you right there.
Emphasis mine. Luckily, this is the information age, and the internet is here to rescue you.
1. Young man Raskolnikov is losing his mind. See also: extreme angst.
2. So he decides: SCREW EVERYTHING. Then he takes an ax to an old lady and her sister. Granted, the old lady is a swindler, a loan shark and an unsavory sort, and killing her is no biggie. But her sister isn’t, and he kills her anyway. He’s a jerk.
3. Then he’s like OH NO I MURDERED PEOPLE and plunges into a fugue state. Really nice people inexplicably rally around him.
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