Book 12 plus epilogue:
Awesome ending to an awesome book. It plays out like a good Law and Order episode. The hotshot defense attorney, the seemingly broken defendant, the overwhelming circumstantial evidence, the moment of intense intrigue when Katerina shows the letter to the audience, etc.
At first, the crowd expects a guilty verdict, but the legendary Muscovite defense attorney shows that all the evidence is based on rumors, hearsay, and circumstantial grabble. In the end of the trial, the audience sides with Mitya. However, after a short span of time, the jury finds him guilty, raising hell as Dmitri is walked out of the courtroom.
A plan is hatched among our other characters to break him out, and Dmitri agrees to go along with it. The book ends on a hopeful note, when the Karamazov family is redeemed. Alyosha once again counsels Ilyusha's friends, and they chant the Karamazov family. Not because of Fyodor, but because of Alyosha. The End.
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