ASMR - Crime and Punishment - Book Review

Added: 2026-05-10

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[00:03:00]Anyways, let's get into this book.

[00:03:06]Crime and Punishment by Theodore Dustki.

[00:03:14]This is the copy I have. To my knowledge, there are multiple different translations slash interpretations, different interpretations or translations, I guess, is the better word, even though they're almost synonymous.

[00:03:39]I believe Theodore Dustki wrote this in 1866 and this copy says with an afterward by Robin Fior Miller. So I assume he's the one that translated. No.

[00:03:57]Okay. So it's translated by Sydney Monus.

[00:04:01]Introduction by Leonard J. Stanton and James Dy Jr.

[00:04:07]and a new Afterward by Robin Fer Miller.

[00:04:12]Just in case you are curious as to which copy I had specifically because there are different kinds of translations.

[00:04:23]Now, you may be um watching this video to understand whether or not you would actually enjoy this book and you're curious as to what exactly it is about.

[00:04:33]Maybe you want to know how hard it is to read. I'm going to go over all of that without spoiling any major information in the book. I'm going to tell you what it's about. I'm going to tell you where it takes place. I'm going to give you the general kind of almost the plotish without actually spoiling it for you.

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[00:05:08]Anyways, anyways, Crowning Punishment, Theodore Dustki, written in 1866.

[00:05:21]Um, it takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the main character is a man named Rodian Roanovich Ross Colonyov.

[00:05:32]It's a long name and um if you do read this book, what I would suggest to you is to understand how Russian names work, especially back in the day. Um because it's very common for them to refer to people as different names because they're kind of like the same name but different. like they'll call Rodian Roodia or Rammanovich or Rascalov and it's assumed that you will just know who they're talking to based off of how they talk in Russia and especially how they talked in 1866.

[00:06:15]So, I mean there's a thank god there's like a whole thing of about that um in introduc in the introduction to this book and this specific translation that I have like right here it shows you if I can get it in the frame it gives you like the names and like you know like if they say one of these names follow horizontally and any of those names names could be synonymous meaning the exact same name and that applies for well I guess just names but yeah so that's something important to know um when reading this or you're going to be lost um like who is this new guy you know when did this person get introduced but it's just a person from earlier but they're referring to their other inferred name anyways 1866 six in St. Petersburg, Russia. Russ Colonyov.

[00:07:18]He is a very young like early 20s like 23 year old Russian man. And the essential idea of the book is he commits a crime and spends the entirety of the book dealing with the legal and psychological consequences of committing said crime.

[00:07:46]And that is like a very very rudimentary um simple summary of the book, but it's the best I can give you without potentially ruining not ruining it, but spoiling it. I don't want to give away too much information um because this is a great book um obviously it was originally written in Russian by Dustki and then translated into English, assuming that you're going to be reading in English. If you're reading it in Russian or whatever, then this statement might not apply to you. But it can be hard to read.

[00:08:31]When I say hard to read, I just mean that like it's almost like reading the Bible. If you've ever read the Bible or been to church and like just the way that they say things is kind of like, you know, how Yoda speaks, you know? I know that's a pretty um distasteful, you know, comparison, but you know, like the whole like the way that people spoke is obviously very different. Um, and sometimes it felt very exaggerated, but that is how they spoke. And so when you read the book, you need to understand that this was written in 1866 with 1866 speech patterns implicated.

[00:09:15]So yeah, there's that.

[00:09:19]But I really did enjoy this book a lot.

[00:09:23]Um, it's claimed to be one of the most like one of the best intellectual reads ever, which I would agree with, although it sounds a little like pretentious, but I don't know. I really enjoyed it. And so, if you are looking for someone to tell you whether or not it's worth reading, I would say 100% yes. It's definitely worth reading. And you will enjoy it. when you get hooked into it, you won't really want to put it down.

[00:09:55]The thing about this book is it's very like mentally taxing. Like when you're reading this book, it's not like you're reading like, you know, like some basic fiction book um where it's super easy to follow. like you have to be very locked in and consume every word and its full intentions to really kind of know what's going on.

[00:10:23]Um, which is both like I guess it depends on how you look at it. It could be a good thing or a bad thing. I like it because it keeps me like sucked into the book and it also makes it a really good book to read when you can't sleep because it takes so much mental energy that after like literally two pages of this book, you're just going to be like snoring in your bed. Like you need to be locked in to be able to read it. Um or at least I was. Maybe I'm just an idiot. But yeah, no, I really enjoyed this book.

[00:10:59]It's just about this guy who he basically has these mental conflicts um with himself obviously um where he is kind of fighting the idea of whether or not [clears throat] morals and ethics apply to people who can justify being above Um, essentially kind of like someone like Napoleon or basically anybody.

[00:11:36]It messes around with the idea of whether or not crime is true just because it's crime.

[00:11:44]Because there are people that quote broke the rules, but because they succeeded in either not getting caught or obtaining power through doing that. it wasn't necessarily seen as rulebreaking.

[00:12:06]And that's kind of how his path to the crime starts.

[00:12:15]And then after he commits this crime, he spends the rest of the book trying to figure out whether he did or whether whether he did was justified or not. whether he was justified in committing that crime and trying to hide the fact that he committed that crime with people that are close to him and um you know it's it's a really good book and it's really well written and the characters have a lot of a lot of definition to them. They're not they're not surface level characters.

[00:12:50]These characters are very deep characters. I really enjoyed this book and I would recommend it to basically anybody that cared enough to read it and had the time, I guess. Um, but yeah, I mean, if you're up for the the intellectual challenge of being able to actually consume and understand it, it is a very good book. Um, I didn't I don't I don't want to sound boastful, but I I I personally didn't have a very hard time consuming the book and understanding it. Um, this might be a stretch, but this but I think it may actually be because I grew up in like a Christian household or reading the Bible a lot. And so I've kind of gotten used to seeing like literature written in a certain way and having to like rescramble it in my brain and figure out what exactly it meant. That might just be me talking out of my butt. Maybe I'm completely wrong, but you know, I think it's definitely worth a read, especially if you're up for a small challenge or a big challenge depending on your reading level. I guess I don't want to insult anybody, but um yeah, definitely check it out. I enjoyed this book a lot. I think I'm going to give it a five out of five stars on my good readads, but yeah, thanks for watching the video. Hopefully this helped you decide whether or not it's a good book for you or not. I mean, plus bragging rights. You know what I'm saying? Like, next time someone comes up to you and says, "Hey, have you read Crown and Punishment by Dusty?"

[00:14:31]You can be like, "Yeah, man. I saw that movie, too." And yes, I did read that book. You know what I'm saying?

[00:14:40]All right, I think that's it for me. If you guys have any book suggestions, please let me know. even though I have a stack right behind me of books I still need to read or have read. And also I didn't mention earlier I mentioned it earlier because I'm an idiot but I do have a Discord now. I do have a Discord now. So if you want to be in the Discord if you want to hop in the Discord.

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