So I read Crime and Punishment about 5 years ago when I was 14

What did you get out of the book? You have to analyze your own thoughts on it to see if it was really in vain.

>Do I have to read it again?
Is there a gun to your head?

Well if you didn't understand any of it, then what was the fucking point of reading it?

>>9814994
Well, I got a good time obviously. And I got that staying in bed all day and thinking is counter productive. That Rashkolnikov wasn't as great as people made him out to be. That you get sick when you've killed someone, and the reason he killed someone was to see if he himself could avoid getting sick, and bouncing back up again and play it off as a necessary bad thing that had to happen to create something big. That he wanted to see if he was like Napoleon. That he liked to torment a prostitute he looked down on, and was her boyfriend because he wasn't any better. That wearing ugly clothes really makes you feel bad about yourself. What it's like to be delirious and bed ridden for many days listening to two people talking about a murder you comitted. That Svidrigailov wasn't that bad after all. And so on.

>>9815026
I did understand some of it, it's just that people have since told me to read it again to understand it.

Might as well read it again.
Books are better the second or third time anyways.
See how you've changed in 5 years.