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Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

3.17 AVERAGE

littlejanelle's review against another edition

2.0

I can appreciate it as a classic, but I'm chalking my dislike up to personal taste--I guess I just find survival stories boring.

vessy's review against another edition

4.0

Estos libros siempre tienen esa sensación Moby dickesca, supongo que es porque saben tanto de barcos los protagonistas, igual es una historia súper interesante y divertida, la cual lleva también muchos años de vida, cosa que no había visto antes en un libro, fue divertido la verdad

brew_strong's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting read. Most of its problems come from it being written in the 17th century. Of those is well it's its imperialistic, racist, and overly preachy. The 3/4 way through gets incredibly preachy. However its a good though improbable survival story. It's considered a classic for a reason and hasn't fallen out of favor in 300 years. Read it think about, shelve it and then come back to it in a year or two.

im_just_m's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Content Warnings

apollymi_9's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark funny informative inspiring tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bearsbooknook's review against another edition

1.0

Very slow and unnecessarily descriptive

fionasongbird's review against another edition

4.0

I finally read Robinson Crusoe, which may be the first ever English-language novel. That alone is impressive, so the uneveness of the pacing is forgivable. Crusoe is quite the daredevil, for, no matter how many times he is shipwrecked, he keeps getting back on a boat. This book is so interesting as a sort of time capsule of English thought in the late 1600s. It gets much more philosophical than I expected, particularly on the subject of God, but I really enjoyed those parts. The ending teased about a sequel; I wonder what ever came of that.