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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First of all, it was an interesting idea for a book. Stranded on tropical island with only what you can scavenge from his destroyed ship. However, the parts that dragged this down for me was the repetition. At one point he describes what he did for the first 4 years stranded on the island. He then proceeds to show his journal... which just describes what he did the first 4 years on the island again. Repeatedly get his mental thoughts on religion, which is fine the first time, but it goes on and on.
The book is not sensitive to current ideas about slavery and race, but it was written in the 1700's so can't fault it for it's time.
Overall, wasn't my favorite book. If you want a more modern take on the 'Man trapped on Island' story, I suggest The Martian.
The book is not sensitive to current ideas about slavery and race, but it was written in the 1700's so can't fault it for it's time.
Overall, wasn't my favorite book. If you want a more modern take on the 'Man trapped on Island' story, I suggest The Martian.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Somehow, I adore the novels where a character or characters are able to use their own abilities to achieve advantages to survive. I can "devour" the details how they develop and change. Robinson Crusoe is elementary from these types of books.
A guy oblivious of his white male privilege.
He spends more time on thinking about how he's running out of ink rather than forced cultural appropriation.
He spends more time on thinking about how he's running out of ink rather than forced cultural appropriation.