660 reviews for:

Oroonoko: Or, The Royal Slave, A True Story

Aphra Behn

2.84 AVERAGE

annabranson's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark informative fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

katia23's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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: Complicated

eevvee_weevie's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

hailey_ezra's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hannaheva's review against another edition

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in the words of the annotations in my second-hand copy of this book, wtf, bruh

williamwallace's review against another edition

3.0

dark 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: No

lizetteratura's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Slavery, Violence

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Rape

amandathereader's review against another edition

2.5

challenging tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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cytokinesis's review against another edition

1.0

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1.5 wtaf

cjones16's review against another edition

3.0

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This was super interesting from an analytical perspective, but not the most compelling read.