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dlmoldovan 's review for:
Oroonoko
by Aphra Behn
I had to read this book for a post-colonial lit class, and it left me with mixed feelings. I have to give credit to the writer, especially since she supposedly wrote it when she was 16-17 (???). Not only was it a significant work since it was one of the first published novels, and she made her living as a writer, but also it dealt with the subject of slavery well before anybody else thought of dealing with it. But I definitely had problems with her style of writing. And I seriously doubt she ever set foot in Surinam. To me it seemed like she was writing this account as an armchair traveler, which were very popular at the time. It is okay as a work of fiction, but she wrote it as a true account which just doesn't fly for me. But while I was reading the story, it did involve me emotionally, which is why I gave it 2 stars.