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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
adventurous
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:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
reflective
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Colonisation, Classism
An interesting tale, it must be said. Slow in part, but it certainly proved to be an wonderful thing to listen to as an audiobook (c/o Spotify).
The most telling aspect of the relationship between Friday and Robinson comes near the end, with "I called my servant, not my man Friday, for he was better employed... but, as I said, I called my other man". It seems to show that despite the camaraderie, at the centre of it they really were just master and servant.
I wouldn't have expected this, during the middle, but I do endeavour to read the next part some time in the future.
The most telling aspect of the relationship between Friday and Robinson comes near the end, with "I called my servant, not my man Friday, for he was better employed... but, as I said, I called my other man". It seems to show that despite the camaraderie, at the centre of it they really were just master and servant.
I wouldn't have expected this, during the middle, but I do endeavour to read the next part some time in the future.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
I enjoyed this book much more than I thought it would. It felt fairly fast-paced considering that it only really had one setting. As unrealistic as it was, watching Robinson Crusoe adapt to his new environment reminded me of middle-school adventure books in a nostalgic way. It was deeply entrenched in racism and notions of hierarchy, which made it interesting and divisive - definitely a window into its time.
adventurous
fast-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There isn't much to be said that hasn't already about a work like this. I can certainly understand it's momentous importance to the future of the English novel. Yet at times i didn't feel engaged in the story, it felt bland and frankly i didn't grow to like Robinson Crusoe and found him quite tedious in his self impose magnanimity towards the "savages" (which is a dilemma in it of its self but i digress) and others that he would meet. It's almost as if although fearing god (a surprisingly big narrative to the story) for not obeying him, Crusoe goes on to act as a god to those around him.