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3.17 AVERAGE
3.17 AVERAGE
It was slow, not in the mood for this sort of book will try again later
Content Warnings
Minor: Emotional abuse, Alcohol
adventurous
reflective
Bookclub read, this classic did not age too well in my opinion. The time span in which events happen also seemed illogical. I was just interested enough to finish it, but was very disappointed in how abruptly it ended.
adventurous
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
My copy was actually a different type of Oxford publication, targeted for kids but alas, I've picked this edition to review instead because I couldn't find what I have.
Robinson Crusoe was an exciting book to read. Surprisingly I like shipwrecked stories to read up on. It's scary and dangerous but it is also inspiring and may I say it? Fun. At this point in life, I'm in the mood for an adventure on an island, away from social media and pressures from life. Of course, I would need some kind of supplies and brush up on my survival skills.
It was brave of him to live alone on a foreign island, and he had great skills by building a life there but I found it a little iffy the way the POC characters were called savages and whenever he saved people, he immediately made them his slaves. But then again, what do you expect from an old white man published in the 1700s?
So apart from all that, I enjoyed this book as it was fast and adventurous.
Robinson Crusoe was an exciting book to read. Surprisingly I like shipwrecked stories to read up on. It's scary and dangerous but it is also inspiring and may I say it? Fun. At this point in life, I'm in the mood for an adventure on an island, away from social media and pressures from life. Of course, I would need some kind of supplies and brush up on my survival skills.
It was brave of him to live alone on a foreign island, and he had great skills by building a life there but I found it a little iffy the way the POC characters were called savages and whenever he saved people, he immediately made them his slaves. But then again, what do you expect from an old white man published in the 1700s?
So apart from all that, I enjoyed this book as it was fast and adventurous.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
At first I didn't want to read the book because it was forced on me at school, but later I decided to read it myself and fell in love with it. Since then I've loved adventure books of this type.
adventurous
slow-paced
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i know the context, but no book has ever made me this uncomfortable with its blatant racism and white supremacism. Even if that was excusable due to the circumstances, I don't understand the status of this book as a classic, as it's so slow and boring and repetitive — the narration is basically just a list of "this year I did that and the next year I did that".
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Slavery, Violence
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
Okay listen. I can appreciate what this book has done for literature and what it's trying to say and so on ...
But it's also extremely dull. And repetitive. And therefore annoying. The first 60 pages and the last 40 or so were interesting. The rest was not. And no, I didn't read it wrong, I worked through all the major themes, ideas et cetera. The execution was still just meh.
I already did a whole 90 min presentation on this book, so I don't have the motivation to write a long review. I'm glad that I had a reason to read it and I can appreciate what it has done, but this one was not for me.
But it's also extremely dull. And repetitive. And therefore annoying. The first 60 pages and the last 40 or so were interesting. The rest was not. And no, I didn't read it wrong, I worked through all the major themes, ideas et cetera. The execution was still just meh.
I already did a whole 90 min presentation on this book, so I don't have the motivation to write a long review. I'm glad that I had a reason to read it and I can appreciate what it has done, but this one was not for me.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes