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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Gripping story of a man marooned on an island in the Caribbean. Makes a life for himself, encounters natives, and devises a way off the island after a lengthy stay. One of my favorites, heavy themes of regret, thankfulness, and resourcefulness. I particularly liked the prose in this book, it felt easy to read and I never got bored with the storyline. Unsurprisingly an enduring tale, would read again, maybe next time I'm on a beach.
I found the events of the book boring, and I couldn't bring myself to care about the main character.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Colonisation
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Novels like this are the main reason why we hate typical white Englishmen of that time! I wish I could strip it from that single star but unfortunately, I can't...
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A wonderful tale of survival and the resilience of the human spirit, all packaged in a dramatic adventure form. The passages regarding Friday and the Carib natives will make modern readers uncomfortable (references to "savage creatures" and a general tone of white moral superiority), as may some of the overtly Christian reflections. However the book is a product of its time and has much more to offer. Most of all, it was just good entertainment with enough action to maintain interest.
was reading the moonstone by willkie collins and the narrator keeps saying, whenever i have troubles i pick up robinson crusoe and read it and it soothes my mind so i stopped reading the moonstone and started reading crusoe and HE WAS RIGHT. defoe is awesome. the gringo cervantes.