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beautifulminutiae's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Racism
caseymac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Racial slurs, Colonisation, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Cannibalism, Animal death, Islamophobia, and Misogyny
linnylionheart's review against another edition
Graphic: Racial slurs, Slavery, and Racism
Don’t read this if you’re a decent human beingarobotunicorn's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
Graphic: Slavery, Cannibalism, Colonisation, Racism, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Animal death
cas_peru's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Death, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Cannibalism, Slavery, Racism, and Alcohol
chloe_hazel's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
Graphic: Colonisation
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Cannibalism
bcooper21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Classism, Violence, Racism, Racial slurs, and Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, and Slavery
Minor: Alcohol, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail
poirot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Cannibalism, Racial slurs, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Racism, Death, Alcohol, Colonisation, Confinement, Gun violence, and Slavery
Minor: Death of parent
madmadmaddymad's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Also, I think it’s strange that he doesn’t meet Friday until more than halfway through. The book is so agonizingly slow before that, because we are alone with Robinson and his thoughts, and I can only be interested for so long in his description of the island and the various chores he takes up to survive alone. It’s like watching the film Cast Away with Tom Hanks (but boring.)
Honestly I only read it because I had a lot of guilt for skipping this one during my literature class in college. I’m not surprised it didn’t hold my interest, back then. I don’t know how I found the attention span to suffer through it, right now.
It’s good, especially for such an old book. I do respect the narrative, and the reflective themes of the prose, but I certainly didn’t enjoy it, and I don’t think it’s groundbreaking or anything.
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, and Racism
Moderate: Cannibalism and Colonisation
littlewishling's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Gun violence and Death