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Spoiler warning I guess. This was so boring. I really don't understand why anyone would read this in this century purely for fun. At it's heart, this is a travel novel. It spends most of its time describing the different places the Nautilus travels. There is very little characterization of the main character. I did like everything we found out about Captain Nemo, he was pretty cool (the narrator was also obsessed with him lol). The fighting the giant squid scene that this book is known for lasts exactly one page. I had kept reading because I thought there was going to be a cool giant squid and there barely was. The narrator says himself that the text he's written (the book itself) doesn't really capture the emotions of what happens and that he is not a good writer. The most egregious example of JULES VERNE being a bad writer is that the narrator passes out while they are escaping so he can't describe any of the action of how they escape. THAT'S SO BORING! There's also just some stuff from the time period that hits super weird 150 years later. There was some anti-indigenous stuff that is pretty much exactly what you'd expect. The narrator has a servant that is so completely devoted to him it's like a rich person's wet dream of a servant. The writing style is very scientific and describey, not very plot or emotion driven. I had a bad time. That's on me idk why I read this.
adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

stai hot. i got tired of the descriptions of fish.
adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced
adventurous dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I liked the ending of this book (last 150pgs.) as I felt it finally got to be the book I thought it was going to be, Adventure and Turmoil. However, with that being said the first 30 pages are decent but the middle of the book probably about 200 pages or so kinda drag on and don't really give you any character development and is basically just classification of ocean life. It's an easy read, and I'm sure at the time it was written was quite the read/adventure and insight into oceanic life.
adventurous reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous informative slow-paced