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tomasthanes's review against another edition
3.0
Conrad certainly had a way with words, however, in the end, it is still a sad, dark, lonely, and purposeless: the universe of a man who denies the only source of meaning and morals.
iuppiter_bats's review against another edition
3.0
I expected more than what I read, but nonetheless I liked this book.
tm_burriss's review against another edition
2.0
This is not one of my favorite books. I read it in High School though so I may need to go back and read it from an adult's perspective.
logan08's review against another edition
1.0
This book was more of a 1 1/2 stars for me. I had to read this for my English class. The plot was sometimes confusing and there were many things that I wish were different about it. For one thing, I did not like how jumpy it seemed to be between the places where Marlow was. I also didn’t like the fact that you didn’t get to see much of Kurtz, even though he was what the story seemed to be building towards. The plot itself was pretty much all travel, that was just made kinda boring because there was no flavor added to the writing. I did like the fact that it was a retelling of what had happened to Marlow. To me, this just wasn’t an interesting story that seemed to have no climax with some unnecessary characters that had very little to to with the story, and very little character development. I didn’t feel like I was part of the story, and so it was a slog to try and read it.
books_blackcats's review against another edition
The narrative was like listening to an old man tell a story from long ago, meandering and with no point. I was bored every time I opened it and it’s caused several reading slumps. It did not benefit me at all
To read.
To read.
linaandthebooks's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Utterly boring but very interesting to interpret. Very layered plot.
twotoes's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
coopercodes's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Difficult to read, but the author wasn’t a native English speaker.
Still, the themes and messages of this novel are extremely timeless and it shouldn’t be slept on.
Still, the themes and messages of this novel are extremely timeless and it shouldn’t be slept on.