Reviews with content warning for Slavery - Robinson Crusoe

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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

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language_loving_amateur's review against another edition

adventurous challenging slow-paced

Loveable characters? No

1.5

I know that it is an important early novel, but man I didn't like it. The assumptions of Black and indigenous people's place in the world is awful. It is very religious and later in the book Robinson Crusoe becomes a messiah like figure, "If I save/redeem your life, you must obey me in all things and be my servant for all time" and the people he makes this coercive bargain with are all to happy with it. None of them take it in the moment, and later say, "hey, that wasn't fair to hold my life hostage until I agreed to your terms. Lets renegotiate something a bit more equal."
1.5 stars because I know it is "important literature."
Also, everything must be repeated three times at minimum. "I plan to do A. I am doing A. Now that I have done A, I realize that it could have been done more efficiently by doing B along with A. Now that everything is done, I will reflect on the spiritual meaning on A."

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teaselkie's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

2.75

Robinson Crusoe is a turbo-weenie, this dude sucks.

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sealbrecht's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

2.5

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danpeachey's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

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chiaraaaa's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

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

1.0

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negativesex's review against another edition

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challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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emmy9937's review against another edition

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The survival part was kinda cool but I couldn’t get over the slavery aspect and how Robinson seemed to be able to justify it to himself even though he didn’t want to be a slave himself. I can appreciate the effect this book had on the English literature at the time but I don’t want to read it myself due to the slavery aspect. It’s just icky.

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