Well, I didn't say anything about book 3 because I didn't know if we had to, so here it goes. I wonder why Katerina wants Dmitry so badly if she knows he perfers someone else. I also think Grushenka is the root of all the problems in the Karamosov family, because she is messing with both Fyodor and Dmitry. Everyone seems to want to drag Aloysha into the mess. I think I already commented on the arguement that occured between Smerkadov and the others, but I don't remember where I posted it. I think Smerkadov's ideas about God and forgiveness are wrong-- you can't just expect to be forgiven after you renounce your faith just to save your life.