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Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe

Start date: April 1, 2022

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Jun 01, 2017 Grace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mccrum-s-100-greatest, 2016-reads

The second in my chronological read of the McCrum list of 100 novels. Again I wish I could say 5 stars but lets call it a 4.7.... it was memorable, well worth reading and seminal, but not going to be 5 stars based on the company it will keep in the McCrum list.
An explanation of my star rating.
5= Truly cream of the crop. Amazing. In a wondrous realm of their own
4= Special and well written. Truly a good/maybe great book, but not a rare 5 star wonder.
3= Moments of brilliance, a pleasure to read. I ...more

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Jan 07, 2019 Darren rated it it was amazing

Shelves: best-loved-favorites

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Rating: 6 stars out of 5

I'm always surprised when people didn't like this book. I was captivated.

This old novel is firmly in my top 25. ...more

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