Reviews

Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

pawel9802's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• 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

4.0

laszloluvr's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

katherineleo's review

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

kindlereads's review against another edition

2.0

Garbage. It’s a 1700s beach read - trashy novel. I’m sure it was salacious for the time but in current day it’s wordy, slow, confusing and boring.

anastasiaadamov's review against another edition

1.0

DNF
Writing style is just too exhausting for me at this time.
Thematically it is annoying with the fact that it is a male writer form 18th century describing the life from a female protagonist point of view.
The proprietary viewpoint of the times both in religious and moral and societal norms is beyond frustrating for me.
This book is just more than I want to handle right now for my free reading time.
Might get back to it sometime further in the future because I own my own physical copy but not for a while for sure...

lecterclarice's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

dmsehnert's review against another edition

adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

terrahome's review against another edition

3.0

Not good, but intensely interesting. Defoe has a lot of sharp observations about capitalism, the limitations of women in 18th century England, and the desperation caused by poverty; but he also doesn't really interrogate these problems and is very eager to send all criminals off to US colonies in a way that ignores the fundamental problems with the harsh prison sentences of his era. More than that the book's plot is contrived as hell. Defoe has one theme and he really wants to hammer it home with ridiculous situation after ridiculous situation. Still, it is fascinatingly weird which made it pretty entertaining.

jendautrefois's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

rubyrush's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0