Have I read this before: Nope.  

Review: Did you know the full title of this book is like a chapter all on its own? “The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates. Written by Himself.”

This was an okay book. As we all know, I like stories that involve the sea, but this was much less focused on the seafaring than on the “oh crap I’m on an island and I need to survive” stuff. Which was fine. This is another one of those books where a lot of people know the basic premise and characters but may not have actually read it.

Favorite Part: I love how Robinson’s first sea adventures as a younger boy involved getting shipwrecked TWICE before getting back home, and then like forty years later he’s got the chance to adventure again and he’s like, “nah, I can’t get shipwrecked a THIRD time, let’s go!” and then GUESS WHAT

Rating: 5/10