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katherinejayne 's review for:
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I found this book difficult to read as I felt no connection to the protagonist. In fact I found him incredibly unlikable, and dull. Sometimes you can get a protagonist you love to hate but not here.
The prose wasn’t easy to connect to, with long rambling thoughts.
Everything seems to happen to this man- storms at sea, pirates, shipwrecks, wolf attacks. Luck seems to be on his side..
I appreciate this was written at a different time but it smacks of colonial ideology, and that makes it an unpleasant read for me.
I know this is credited as the first novel, and lead a genre of survivalist/castaway books but I struggled to finish it (if it wasn’t a book club read it would be on the DNF pile.) not sure who would be compelled to read the additional Robinson Crusoe tales after this…
The prose wasn’t easy to connect to, with long rambling thoughts.
Everything seems to happen to this man- storms at sea, pirates, shipwrecks, wolf attacks. Luck seems to be on his side..
I appreciate this was written at a different time but it smacks of colonial ideology, and that makes it an unpleasant read for me.
I know this is credited as the first novel, and lead a genre of survivalist/castaway books but I struggled to finish it (if it wasn’t a book club read it would be on the DNF pile.) not sure who would be compelled to read the additional Robinson Crusoe tales after this…