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A review by andrew_hart
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
5.0
Fun book but difficult listen. Had to slow the audio book down to standard speed as the writing style comes off a bit clunky.
Recommend getting an updated or friendly edition to enjoy rather than the original for reasons I will state now.
Robinson Crusoe was written in the early 18th century. Incredibly politically incorrect by today's standards and some passages are downright disturbing. The moral compass is all over the place and the original will shock modern readers. Again it was written more than 300 years ago!
Putting that aside and taking the book for what it is for the time it was written Robinson Crusoe is still an exceptional book. It has a place in literary history as one of the first fictional adventure novels ever that changed the written landscape forever.
Even as an adult listening, my imagination went wild with ideas of being alone on a bountiful tropical island surviving and thriving in a place all by myself. A place where I had to hide from hostile men, go on rewarding hunts, and craft ingenious solutions for comfort and survival.
Is this level of survival realistic for someone like me?... Absolutely not but it was fun for me to dream and that is what I adored from this book. The fantasy of survival. In real life you get "The Island of the Lost" or "The Wager". Just people holding on for dear life.
If you liked "The Martian" this is very similar.
Recommend getting an updated or friendly edition to enjoy rather than the original for reasons I will state now.
Robinson Crusoe was written in the early 18th century. Incredibly politically incorrect by today's standards and some passages are downright disturbing. The moral compass is all over the place and the original will shock modern readers. Again it was written more than 300 years ago!
Putting that aside and taking the book for what it is for the time it was written Robinson Crusoe is still an exceptional book. It has a place in literary history as one of the first fictional adventure novels ever that changed the written landscape forever.
Even as an adult listening, my imagination went wild with ideas of being alone on a bountiful tropical island surviving and thriving in a place all by myself. A place where I had to hide from hostile men, go on rewarding hunts, and craft ingenious solutions for comfort and survival.
Is this level of survival realistic for someone like me?... Absolutely not but it was fun for me to dream and that is what I adored from this book. The fantasy of survival. In real life you get "The Island of the Lost" or "The Wager". Just people holding on for dear life.
If you liked "The Martian" this is very similar.