Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

This book isn't a favorite of mine.  Beyond the wordiness and usual darkness of a Russian novel, I am just not a fan of the story.  Raskolnikov, a poor Russian student, has a theory that great men can commit murder without it actually being a crime.  He thinks about this theory a lot, and then when he feels he is repeatedly given motive and opportunity to kill someone, he decides to test it.  After his crime, he falls apart mentally and emotionally.  A lot happens in the characters around him as well (death, suicide, madness, broken engagements, threatened rape, etc) while he struggles with his crime.  By the end, he confesses to the authorities and realizes he must not be a "great man" according to his theory.  It seemed strange to me to commit such a rash action on an intellectual theory;  I just couldn't relate to Raskolnikov or his family or friends at all!  Not worth the time.