I just finished reading Crime and Punishment... I dont understand?

By pagesmarten

Honestly this story was really hard to follow. I’m glad I had Oliver Ready’s version, because the notes at the back helped a lot and I kept checking them, especially for all the religious stuff and the references to Napoleon and other Russian books. Without that I think I would’ve completely lost track. It took me like 4 chapters just to realize Zametov was Alexander Grigo-something, the head clerk at the bureau. Raskolnikov never really repents, right? He still seems to believe in his ideas, and then somehow he ends up in love with Sonya? I don’t get how or why Sonya goes with him to Siberia either. And was it really that simple to visit a prisoner in Omsk back then? Even Dunya and Razumikhin are basically planning to follow them there like it’s nothing??? I also don’t really get Porfiry. He’s supposed to be smart, but how did he know Raskolnikov was the actual killer? From what I could tell, he just kept pushing him and even used Zametov and Razumikhin like accidental spies. So was that enough for him to figure it out? What even happened with Zametov at the end? He “moved on” and “fell out with everyone,” but does that mean he got into fights while drunk and kept trying different things? I never quite got his character. He seemed normal and polite until that whole tavern scene with Raskolnikov. And Svidrigailov? Just this creepy horny guy who somehow really falls for Dunya? Then he kills himself after she finally turns him down for good? As for Luzhin, did he just disappear after trying to frame Sonya? I almost mixed him up with Porfiry too since they both get called by names that are basically P.P. It took me 3 weeks to get through this. It’s a great book, just maybe too much for me to fully understand.