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2.84 AVERAGE
2.84 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book took me by surprise, we are reading it for my lit course at uni this year and I read some reviews that said that this was boring. But this is beyond anything but boring. I found myself shocked several times and for a book published in 1688 this had some very redeeming views of people of colour. It condemns slavery, and looks heavily down upon those horrible acts committed towards the slaves. I really enjoyed Behn's writing style and was positively surprised by this book. It also gave me an insight into a time period in literature I have little to no experience with reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Colonisation
Minor: Child death, Rape, War
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wretched. Had to read this for a class on Post-colonialism. The only reason this particular text entered the syllabus was that the prof specialized in Behn's work in grad school. Besides the overt racism, which is obviously a product of its time, the prose is turgid, extreme violence is romanticized, and the narrator, and perhaps Behn herself, intentionally ignores the horrors of slavery. Truth be told, this was one of the worst texts I have ever read. For those interested in historical context only. The literary merit of this work could not hold up to most of the postcolonial genre.
If I ever wrote a screenplay of an interpretation of a literary text, this would be the one.