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Entertaining but the religious monologues were extensive, and the ways of thinking were so old I had to remind myself I was reading an older book on purpose to not DNF the book. Glad I read it once, definitely won’t read it again.

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atlantisblauw's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

There's a lot about the story I didn't know, e.g. that Robinson didn't get shipwrecked at the start of the story, but after two other voyages. He was captured and enslaved, together with some other men. He escaped together with a black man and when they were rescued by another ship, he sold the man. He felt bad for him and didn't want to at first, but when the buyer told him he'd let him go after 10 years if he converted, Robinson was ok with it. :') That part was hard to read and I hadn't expected it. I had also never realised that Robinson was en route to Africa to buy slaves when he was shipwrecked. I only knew the children's story of a guy on an island. The part about Friday I expected, but it was also a lot worse.

It was an interesting read, I'm glad to have read it because it's a classic, but one time is enough.

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naiu_cs's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

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nlesnevich'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? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

This guy thinks he was punished for being on a boat too much, but it was probably all the slavery

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sgjohnson2001's review against another edition

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adventurous dark reflective slow-paced

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

1.0

Big colonizer vibes

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maxreadssometimes's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

I will say that this is one of the first "grown up" books I read when I was young, so my rating might probably be affected by a lot of odd nostalgia. A lot of problematic elements, very much a book of its time.

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natashalg's review against another edition

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I found the events of the book boring, and I couldn't bring myself to care about the main character.

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m4rtt4's review against another edition

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adventurous slow-paced

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

2.0

i know the context, but no book has ever made me this uncomfortable with its blatant racism and white supremacism. Even if that was excusable due to the circumstances, I don't understand the status of this book as a classic, as it's so slow and boring and repetitive — the narration is basically just a list of "this year I did that and the next year I did that".

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