Haven Squire’s Reviews > Oroonoko > Status Update

I just feel like it really said, she would not have been capable of saving herself and so she had to die. Slitting her throat was a bit unnecessarily violent as well. It felt like he was killed by those with power over him and she was killed by, yes her lover, but a man with power over her. I dunno. I just didn't have the funnest time reading this. It just felt very very mid and forgettable.

Also him killing Imoinda at the end did make sense and kind of showed love for her but then also it would have been a bit of a Romeo & Juliet sweet moment if he had killed himself too but instead he went out for revenge and was mutilated himself. It was also a bit odd as she was pregnant with his child, it does show the desperation of these people though.

I understand that he was a prince and everything so that makes it make sense a bit more but also I was thinking I was missing bits as he was never shown actually working in the fields despite the book focusing on that time period.

This was another book I read for my uni course and one I really don't have many strong feelings about. It was just very meh. The first bit was mildly interesting seeing the love grow between Oroonoko and Imoinda and then in the middle I completely lost track of what was going on, maybe because I was tired or because it was just boring and slightly hard to follow (not as bad as some I have read though).