Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

7 reviews

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: War, Gore, Slavery, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, and Blood

Minor: Cannibalism, Gore, and Violence

scorpi07's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.0

I listened to this one to fulfill the prompt: A book I should have read in high school.
I’m not sure why they were teaching this in high school. I guess the storytelling style (a narrator retelling Marlow’s narration) is interesting and the prose itself is well written and artfully packed with metaphors. However, with all of the options out there, this is a poor book choice to critique colonialism, or to suggest imperialism is bad. Marlow is racist and doesn’t grow much, and the objectification of black people is pervasive throughout the book. Gross.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Slavery, and Racism

Moderate: Terminal illness

maricasement's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

I picked this audiobook up because it was one of the shortest one in my Mother's library. Kenneth Branagh is amazing, as is to be expected, but the contents weren't as enjoyable as his performance. Conrad's descriptions are captivating and definitely set the scene for the story, which was something I really enjoyed. But this book is still a product of it's time and uses a lot of racist language and is very colonialist in its messages. It might be an interesting study, but I wouldn't read it again or particularly recommend it to people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Blood, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism and Animal cruelty

ladybugwrites's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

1.0

I honestly only read this book because I have to for uni, and wasn't even sure I'd bother with a review.

And I won't give a good one, just say that this book had be almost fall asleep countless times and it's probably the most problematic book I've ever read. It's not worth it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Xenophobia, and Racism

Moderate: Slavery

Minor: Terminal illness and Misogyny

librarymouse's review

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

I don't know if I want to rate this. I'm reading it for a class. There's some interesting parts to it, and a lot to write about, but it would be a stretch to say that this is an enjoyable book. I'm glad I'm reading it in grad school, rather than in highschool like a lot of my peers were required to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Classism, Racial slurs, Torture, Trafficking, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Genocide, Violence, Medical content, Sexism, Racism, Terminal illness, Colonisation, Death, Gore, and Grief

luis0n7i's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Body horror, Grief, Racism, Terminal illness, Violence, Colonisation, Classism, Racial slurs, and War

Minor: Cannibalism

b_caligari's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Violence, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Grief

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, Misogyny, Sexism, and Fire/Fire injury