Finished: Robinson Crusoe (Defoe) Well, a good story idea, but a very tedious book. However, it was consistently listed on Top 100 Book lists, therefore, it made the Top 100 Book list that I'm working from. There were a few good moments, but mostly, it was just a repetitive diary of what happened to a clueless, impetuous 18 year old boy who decided to defy his parents and take off for a seafaring way of life. For the first 8 years, many bad things happened to him before he even got stuck on the island for almost 30 more years. I suppose he finally made some self-realizations and developed a relationship with God during his solitude on the island...but it was all just too drawn out for me. Yes, we met the well-known Friday, Crusoe's loyal, ex-cannibalistic servant, who Crusoe saves from a different tribe of cannibals...but not until way past halfway through the book. Anyway...I can see where the story had so much promise...but top 100? Not for me. And, the ending was anti-climatic...not ending with his eventual self-rescue from the island at over 50 years of age...but then continuing the story a bit further with Crusoe's trek up through Spain to France, including a horrific battle with wolves. Just a big "huh" on that one. I guess I view Robinson Crusoe much the same way I do Gulliver's Travels and Heart of Darkness....are they just boy books that only boys can understand and consider so great? I don't know. Anyway....one more book checked off the list and I'm off to read something new. :-)