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I notice that almost all of the reviews are five star raves and I just cannot get there. Immediately before reading this book I read Ivanhoe (Scott) and Kidnapped (Stevenson). I was new to all of these books and read them for a personal challenge to read more classics. I did not like Robinson Crusoe as much as either of the other two I mentioned. I do have a few observations:
1. I had a hard time getting beyond the racism contained in this book. I recognize that it is a reflection of the times an ...more
1. I had a hard time getting beyond the racism contained in this book. I recognize that it is a reflection of the times an ...more
How did this book ever become a classic?? The premise is fantastic, the first part of the plotline I was hooked - but then it should have ended. Instead, the author continued on...and on....and on...ughh.
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