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Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe

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rubyrush's review

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adventurous funny tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

angelherwings's review

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3.0

Finally.

Edit:
Change int rating from 2 -> 3
Since the book overall was very interesting just reading das not that fun

mawar12's review

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adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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this is just a hard to read book and I can't get over the fact that Moll literally kidnap kids from a woman that had her house burned. It is definitely disgusting and this whole book is just a list of Moll doing stupid choices. The fun engaging stuff happened like the last 1\3 part of the book very late into the story when she becomes a con artist. The worst of character like the gentlewoman who literally is the ringleader of child kidnappings were praised by Moll throughout the book as if she did nothing wrong. Then the book talks about being repentant but continuously shows no resolution to the children kidnapped or even Molls other kids. The fact that Moll also continued to lie to her husband. Then she is glad her brother died but is ok and good with her son tt she had with her brother?? Not even an ounce of pity to the death of her brother? It just doesn't make any sense. This book isn't even morally grey it's just the main character committing stupid crimes and bad choices but escapes it because of plot armor.