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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
Overall, a quite enjoyable read. It suffered from a good deal of religious meandering as R.C. came to terms with his conditions and plight. I felt that the prose was a little too moralistic in the way issues were resolved and explanations sought by the main protagonist. However, the story of triumph over adversity is timeless and ultimately a very positive experience.
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this classic story on Audible. To be able to keep me interested in a man stuck on an island for six hours in my mind shows Defoe to be a master storyteller.
Full review to come
Full review to come
Honestly, Idk how to rate this. I was perfectly content with the story until the moment the priest showed up. Once he entered the picture the book went to shit and I couldn't wait for it to be over.... but it just wouldn't end! It just kept going on and on and it got so fucking preachy I didn't know what the fuck I was reading anymore. Crusoe is an absolute idiot and a self-important asshole that thinks he's always right and everybody else is always wrong, even with the priest, when it comes to religion, or anything else for that matter. Tho a bit dramatic, he was atleast a lil tolerable and even a bit inspiring in the beginning... and then he was born again.
Man vs. Nature, as Robinson is stranded on an island and must use his wits to stay alive. Defoe had me in the first half of the book.. but then the main character meets and subjugates (enslaves?) a “savage”. From there it goes downhill steadily into cringe city, but having been published in the early 1700s, I guess that’s part of the territory? Still pretty fucky, though it’s a decent adventure story besides that.
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
slow-paced
It’s a book that covers many subjects. Religion, faith in God, self reflection, captivity, survival, hope. You may find the protagonist to be too good to be true, a saint or just a model character, but you must surely love him.
It’s studies what humans need and asks why there is greed and the need to accumulate more than we need. It’s about how we can live on a lot, lot less than what we think new need.
Right at the start of the book Robinson’s father tells him that it’s those at the farthest reaches of wealth and poverty who suffer unhappiness through the effects of distemper and extreme want and the strains that comes from having too much to manage. That only those in the middle of this range can be truly happy. Later in the book when he’s carved himself a comfortable existence on a desert island (surely that’s not a spoiler) he begins to see himself in that middle. It seemed to be his happiest time.
It is, of course, a take of survival and resourcefulness. It’s about great friendship, loyalty, philanthropy and humanity. I think it’s an overlooked booked and maybe because it’s been around so long, it’s taken for granted ..... Dive in, I say!
It’s studies what humans need and asks why there is greed and the need to accumulate more than we need. It’s about how we can live on a lot, lot less than what we think new need.
Right at the start of the book Robinson’s father tells him that it’s those at the farthest reaches of wealth and poverty who suffer unhappiness through the effects of distemper and extreme want and the strains that comes from having too much to manage. That only those in the middle of this range can be truly happy. Later in the book when he’s carved himself a comfortable existence on a desert island (surely that’s not a spoiler) he begins to see himself in that middle. It seemed to be his happiest time.
It is, of course, a take of survival and resourcefulness. It’s about great friendship, loyalty, philanthropy and humanity. I think it’s an overlooked booked and maybe because it’s been around so long, it’s taken for granted ..... Dive in, I say!
Robinson Crusoe is the classic , being one of the first novels ever written in English Literature. Though it's so old, it is still engaging as tale of overcoming adversities. Crusoe sets out in the high seas, going against his parent's wishes and get's a lifetimes worth of adventure in return. Looking at it from the post colonial perspective, we can see in it traces of the colonial mindset. His domestication of the man Friday and declaring himself as master both of him and the island shows the tendency towards colonialism. Faith upholds him in times of despair and shows the power of religion which strengthens in isolation. The native inhabitants are depicted as savages and cannibals since they have no contact with western civilized society. Geographical exploration was big during the period this novel was written. So it may have been common to be in a sea voyage and the idea of being shipwrecked and cast away was not so far removed from reality.
slow-paced