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

jkornowske's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad fast-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

brookejessopx's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

julianahall's review against another edition

1.0

* read for class
genuinely think the fact that this has been called anti-slavery is weird when aphra behn was a white woman romanticizing one (1) Black man and was only anti-slavery when it came to Oroonoko who was a prince (makes sense since she was a monarchist). the fact that this is part of literary canon baffles me.

sggalaga's review against another edition

2.5

challenging reflective medium-paced

charlottereed's review against another edition

2.0

The first 'novel' we had to read for my Rise of the Novel class. Short and quick. Eh not too exciting. Got to love a guy that cuts his wife's head off? I guess.