dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
reflective sad fast-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
dark sad medium-paced
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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As a piece of history it might be of interest, as a novel it's borderline unreadable.

i don’t really have an opinion, this was assigned reading so i had to analyze rather than enjoy. it’ll be interesting to research and evaluate.

Condemning slavery because it might oppress “one of the good ones”. Crazy takes. At least it was short and flowed well

2.5 (ish?) I can appreciate what the author was trying to do with the semi demi-god depiction of the Oronooko and his life… but this was still hella racist.

(Interesting read though because of the whole warped perspective of colonialism)
adventurous dark 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
challenging dark sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes