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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I know I should be rating this differently considering its distinction as the/one of the earliest English novels but my goodness is it ever repetitive. Occasionally, Defoe decides to spare us the tedium of reading about things he's already told us about but it makes me wonder why he couldn't have spared us some more. He also didn't know when to stop. We get it, tale of redemption, yada yada yada, so what's this about bears and wolves?
Defoe could have used an editor, and despite his attempt to draw me in with his synopsis of his further adventures, I will not be seeking them out.
Defoe could have used an editor, and despite his attempt to draw me in with his synopsis of his further adventures, I will not be seeking them out.
Robinson Crusoe was one of the best adventure books written. The book can be read multiple times. It captures the readers attention. You want help robinson rearing goats, bake bread, plant fields, it gives you the idea and hope that anything is possible and home could be any place. Survival depends upon will rather than convenience.
Where is will there is a way!
i do not know whose saying is that but it relates to this book for me. One of the best reads of earlier reading
Where is will there is a way!
i do not know whose saying is that but it relates to this book for me. One of the best reads of earlier reading
Beautiful story of adventure, redemption, and God's Divine Providence. It is much more philosophical than I expected.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Basically just Minecraft with racism and theology.
Extra points for the weird/ interesting theological questions
Extra points for the weird/ interesting theological questions
been stuck on this island 4 six months now, this book gave me some cracking ideas xx cheers luv
Its difficult to hate on this classic. Its more surprising and idiosyncratic than you would think, and it does work as a manual for living on a tropical desert island. It might be necessary to be one of the books you bring with you if you are stranded as it might just help you survive practically. Crusoe's adventures might seem tame now, but consider he was on that island for 28 years! All the usual caveats about racism and sexism apply here as it was written when novels hadn't even been invented yet. But with that said, its mandatory reading for any book fiend.