maya_b 's review for:

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

1.0

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I did not like this one bit. And even if I ignored all the racism and sexism and religious stuff and absolutely everything (I am well aware a book from 1719 can’t keep up with today’s standards), it was still really bad. I don’t think I liked even a single thing about this story. And yes, the racism and everything absolutely played a roll in that, but even if I ignore that, the story was also just really boring? A lot of stuff happened, but for some reason Crusoe never struggled? Everything just came to him very easily? He was the smartest person this book had, but wasn’t actually that smart just everyone else was more stupid? I don’t know, maybe I got a shortened copy or something, I don’t care enough, but I just think, that even if all the problematic stuff had been cut, I still wouldn’t have enjoyed the story, because there just were no real problems ever and Crusoe wasn’t really likable and just … I didn’t like anything. I think I didn’t hate everything either, but I hated a lot and I could not tell you a single thing right now that I didn’t mind. So bad story + all the problematic stuff made me hate this whole thing and I was really happy once it was over.