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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
I found that I liked this one better than Sherlock Holmes. It's the aspect of discovering something new and adventurous that made it more of a thrill for me.
adventurous
slow-paced
I absolutely loved this! Doyle brings the wit of Holmes to speculative fiction to great effect. The science is of course 100 years out of date, as are the attitudes of the characters. However, it has aged quite well in terms of pacing. Few classics are as fast-moving. The prose is vivid and the characters vibrant. I think it can be forgiven if its premise is preposterous, because in its day I'm sure it was as plausible as science fiction can be.
I finally read something of Doyle's that wasn't Holmes! He is a great author, so I had to try this out.
The story is very interesting, being an expedition to place where they see creatures of the jurassic kind. I really liked it!
The story is very interesting, being an expedition to place where they see creatures of the jurassic kind. I really liked it!
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I wanted to like this book, I really did. But the 2 stars are entirely due to Doyle's excellence at the craft of writing, as the story and characters have absolutely no merit on their own. This book is Doyle trying to be Burroughs and failing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism
Moderate: Colonisation
There is a lot of casual and incessant racist language and ideology from the character of Challenger in particular, but also much of the "standard" terminology when speaking of any non-white people in 1912 England is now recognized as slurs so the second quarter in particular is absolutely chock full of it everywhere.
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
-Potential spoiler for those who haven't read?-
First I've had a chance to read this novel and I somehow have managed to avoid hearing about what this story is about. Part of me expected the dinosaurs to fill up the entire plot line after they reached the plateau, I didn't expect this to story to swerve into a telling of a battle of an indigenous people and anthropoid ape-men.
This story is definitely a product of its time, with instances of racism and sexism towards various characters. On a positive note, there's quite a bit of science related to botany and zoology that I ended up going to Wikipedia to read up on as I read this story.
Overall, this story reminds me of several others where the adventure is the main focus and not the action (though this is obviously present) and I can appreciate stories like that.
First I've had a chance to read this novel and I somehow have managed to avoid hearing about what this story is about. Part of me expected the dinosaurs to fill up the entire plot line after they reached the plateau, I didn't expect this to story to swerve into a telling of a battle of an indigenous people and anthropoid ape-men.
This story is definitely a product of its time, with instances of racism and sexism towards various characters. On a positive note, there's quite a bit of science related to botany and zoology that I ended up going to Wikipedia to read up on as I read this story.
Overall, this story reminds me of several others where the adventure is the main focus and not the action (though this is obviously present) and I can appreciate stories like that.
What started as a shallow, soppy love story, turns into a most impressive self exploration novels.
Mr. Malone is in love with a girl, and without taking any time to consider why, he decides to jump at a chance for a life threatening, ludicrous journey, simply because Gladys asked him to.
It doesn't take long for the lovely Gladys to take a backseat to the wild, dangerous, and unbelievable experiences which occur on this journey.
Malone, John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and the lovably irritating Professor Challenger explore the "lost world" where discoveries in science are abundant, and the group of travelers must eventually overcome their differences to work together against a greater evil.
When Malone returns, he returns to the love of his life, but she is no longer available. In his absence she has married another, and to Malone's disappointment he is no man of adventure or romance that Gladys had desired Malone to be, he is a simple man.
Malone is driven by a shallow, and false, idea that should he win notoriety and fame, Gladys would be willing to attach herself to him, and said glory, for all eternity. What happens instead, is Malone is pushed to his limits, both mental and physical, and comes up a better man for it. He has grown out of the foolish ideas of romance that young men can hold, and has instead taken to the hard facts of science and first had exploration.
Arthur Conan Doyle is a colorful writer. While much of the book felt slow, and there was very little action, he describes the scenery and the characters with such detail that it is hard not to imagine traveling down the Amazon with the faithful Zambo, and the pipe-smoking Summerlee. One cannot help but to enjoy themselves diving into this beautiful world with vivid characters.
Mr. Malone is in love with a girl, and without taking any time to consider why, he decides to jump at a chance for a life threatening, ludicrous journey, simply because Gladys asked him to.
It doesn't take long for the lovely Gladys to take a backseat to the wild, dangerous, and unbelievable experiences which occur on this journey.
Malone, John Roxton, Professor Summerlee, and the lovably irritating Professor Challenger explore the "lost world" where discoveries in science are abundant, and the group of travelers must eventually overcome their differences to work together against a greater evil.
When Malone returns, he returns to the love of his life, but she is no longer available. In his absence she has married another, and to Malone's disappointment he is no man of adventure or romance that Gladys had desired Malone to be, he is a simple man.
Malone is driven by a shallow, and false, idea that should he win notoriety and fame, Gladys would be willing to attach herself to him, and said glory, for all eternity. What happens instead, is Malone is pushed to his limits, both mental and physical, and comes up a better man for it. He has grown out of the foolish ideas of romance that young men can hold, and has instead taken to the hard facts of science and first had exploration.
Arthur Conan Doyle is a colorful writer. While much of the book felt slow, and there was very little action, he describes the scenery and the characters with such detail that it is hard not to imagine traveling down the Amazon with the faithful Zambo, and the pipe-smoking Summerlee. One cannot help but to enjoy themselves diving into this beautiful world with vivid characters.
No, not the atrocity by Michael Crichton, but the version by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. That’s right, I bet you didn’t know that the author of Sherlock Holmes had another hero he wrote many stories about, Professor George Challenger. This is about Professor Challenger finding a lost world of ape-men, savages, and living dinosaurs on top of a nearly inaccessible plateau in the jungles of South America. He is accompanied by Professor Summerly, a doubting colleague sent along by the zoological society to make sure Challengers doesn’t falsify his finds, Ned Malone an journalist who will document the expedition, and famed hunter Lord John Roxton.
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is also a cheesy television show that I enjoy. Although the premise is the same, and the four main characters are in the show the stories are not at all the same.
The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is also a cheesy television show that I enjoy. Although the premise is the same, and the four main characters are in the show the stories are not at all the same.
dnfING this book. Racist and just outright rude. Did not like the characters, the story, the narrator, or the writing. Just overall got maybe halfway through it and had to stop. Picking up a book that actually interests me and does not makes me want to dread listening to it.