Reviews with content warning for Racism - Die seltsamen und erstaunlichen Abenteuer des Robinson Crusoe

I know it’s from another time in human history but I squirm at how outright racist Robinson is, you’d think that a man living on a desert island would be relieved for any human contact. He never even asked Friday what his name was. Just called him Friday because that’s the day they met and had Friday calling him “Master” like…. Are you kidding? You taught the PARROT your name, for the pleasure of having someone to talk to.

Also, I think it’s strange that he doesn’t meet Friday until more than halfway through. The book is so agonizingly slow before that, because we are alone with Robinson and his thoughts, and I can only be interested for so long in his description of the island and the various chores he takes up to survive alone. It’s like watching the film Cast Away with Tom Hanks (but boring.)

Honestly I only read it because I had a lot of guilt for skipping this one during my literature class in college. I’m not surprised it didn’t hold my interest, back then. I don’t know how I found the attention span to suffer through it, right now.

It’s good, especially for such an old book. I do respect the narrative, and the reflective themes of the prose, but I certainly didn’t enjoy it, and I don’t think it’s groundbreaking or anything.

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littlewishling's review against another edition

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challenging reflective 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

I reply didn’t enjoy this. I understand that it’s old but the racism was a struggle to get through and the story itself wasn’t very compelling.

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amavi's review against another edition

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slow-paced

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

2.75

This book would be for someone who is in the mood for something boring ☺️
The main character ia the most arrogant person you'll encounter, somehow he's the servant of God but gets off from everyone bowing down to him and calling him Master.
I think that children could like this, as it is(or should be) at it's core an adventurous novel. I unfortunately didn't lik it, didn't get anything from it, disliked Crusoe almost passionately, this man is an idiot. I won't even start with the racism that is present pretty much constantly.

this man literally went off multiple times on the Spanish and how awful they were but he deadass got stranded on the island cause he wanted to go slave catching, I can't make this shit up

I don't think the book itself was poorly written, the character was awful

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