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669 reviews for:

Oroonoko

Aphra Behn

2.84 AVERAGE

challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I had to read this for my 18th Century Restoration of British Literature class and I thought it was a pretty easy read. It's a short novel, you can finish it in a day, but make sure to pay attention to the details Behn includes and the time period everything is based around. The ending was a little bit startling for me, but overall it was a decent read and easy to understand. Not sure I would have picked this book up if it wasn't required for my class though.

★ 4
challenging medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: N/A
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced
dark sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

read for survey of british lit

Read for Westridge book club. This book exceeded my expectations. Themes include race, gender, issues of morality and religion and of course slavery. Very thought provoking. Definitely feels like a book we would've read during high school English class.

uni
dark emotional fast-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

Really interesting but so grotesque and hard to read