Reviews - Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave, A True Story

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Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave, A True Story

Aphra Behn

2.84 AVERAGE

j_ko1's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous dark fast-paced

nschill's review against another edition

0.75

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

henry_michael03's review against another edition

1.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

amberans's review against another edition

3.0

Why do I have to read so many graphic ass novels, didn't expect the ending at all. Overall it was an engaging and fast-paced story. I discovered that this was the first novel with a black slave as a protagonist so that's something. I don't know... I wouldn't recommend this to anyone because it's so incredibly sad...

wyrmie's review against another edition

0.25

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This book sucked ass

emma_nb's review against another edition

3.0

I have no idea how to rate this. What I will say is that the prose is absorbing and the book is written in a vivid, sensory way. And it’s surprisingly readable considering that this was published in the 1600s. The inherent prejudice shown through cruelty towards the “Other” is a theme running throughout. Undeniably, the characters are designed for the read to feel sympathetic, which is impressive considering the brevity of the overall novella. What makes this book so shocking and difficult to rate is the sheer gore that shocked me in the latter part of it. For anyone reading this, I would give huge trigger warnings for implied rape and extreme violence combined with gore. Wow, that was a bizarre ride.