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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Really enjoyed this book!
I loved the way it described the places of the world but I did not care for the extremely detailed explanations of the transport times, methods, etc.
I loved the way it described the places of the world but I did not care for the extremely detailed explanations of the transport times, methods, etc.
adventurous
funny
informative
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Listened to this book on my long runs and I loved it. It moved at a good pace and hit on my love for logistics.
Spoiler: he makes it.
This book is on Peter Boxall's "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die," and for the life of me I don't know why. It's a light, almost madcap, shallow adventure story/armchair travelogue for 19th-century Europeans who wanted to read about India and the U.S.
I can see wanting Verne on the list; he's the father of science fiction. This book ISN'T SCIENCE FICTION. Besides, "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is also on the list.
It's not amazingly good; it's probably a better movie than a book. Didn't the movie have a balloon?
It didn't stretch the boundaries of what a novel was.
Why am I even going on like this? Why do I care? Does anybody take that list seriously? I don't, and yet I can't let it go.
Well, if you feel like you have time to read 1000 of 1001 Books, but not the 1001st, let me save you some time on the last book: HE MAKES IT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE, and for the last three weeks of his trip he didn't realize it, because NOBODY EVER MENTIONED WHAT DAY IT WAS.
This book is on Peter Boxall's "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die," and for the life of me I don't know why. It's a light, almost madcap, shallow adventure story/armchair travelogue for 19th-century Europeans who wanted to read about India and the U.S.
I can see wanting Verne on the list; he's the father of science fiction. This book ISN'T SCIENCE FICTION. Besides, "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is also on the list.
It's not amazingly good; it's probably a better movie than a book. Didn't the movie have a balloon?
It didn't stretch the boundaries of what a novel was.
Why am I even going on like this? Why do I care? Does anybody take that list seriously? I don't, and yet I can't let it go.
Well, if you feel like you have time to read 1000 of 1001 Books, but not the 1001st, let me save you some time on the last book: HE MAKES IT BECAUSE OF THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE, and for the last three weeks of his trip he didn't realize it, because NOBODY EVER MENTIONED WHAT DAY IT WAS.
This book proves that not all classics are stuffy. Really didn't know what to expect when I decided to read about Fogg and his crazy scheme to travel around the world in eighty days. What I got was fun, entertaining novel that moved quickly. He utilized all sorts of forms of transportation while accompanied by the good intentioned Passepartout.
My only big critique is that this book gave too much unnecessary information. At each new destination around the world the author gave us either a history lesson, geography lesson, or both about the current or coming destination. It was almost exclusively information that was not directly pertinent to the plot at all. It was essentially all just fluff.
it’s easy for me to condemn the inaccurate and often offensive way that POC are depicted in this book from my vantage point in history
and so condemn i shall!
jesus christ this was the worst classical book i’ve read in a WHILE. this just felt like praise of the british empire. initially this was about a funky little rich man who was gonna go on a road trip and then it devolved into a white savior complex typa thing. (the white savior complex ESPECIALLY showed itself in the rescue of aouda)
the pacing of the story was off, and it was oftentimes just downright racist.
i was seriously considering DNF-ing this book but I was about halfway through so i decided to power through.
this only gets two stars because there were some interactions (particularly those with passepartout) that were genuinely funny to me, but that’s overshadowed by the sheer amount of garbage in this.
so there. i do have another physical copy of a jules verne book (20,000 leagues under the sea) so hopefully that one’s less horrible than this was.
i don’t typically write long reviews, so you can imagine the rage this book has incited in me <3
and so condemn i shall!
jesus christ this was the worst classical book i’ve read in a WHILE. this just felt like praise of the british empire. initially this was about a funky little rich man who was gonna go on a road trip and then it devolved into a white savior complex typa thing. (the white savior complex ESPECIALLY showed itself in the rescue of aouda)
the pacing of the story was off, and it was oftentimes just downright racist.
i was seriously considering DNF-ing this book but I was about halfway through so i decided to power through.
this only gets two stars because there were some interactions (particularly those with passepartout) that were genuinely funny to me, but that’s overshadowed by the sheer amount of garbage in this.
so there. i do have another physical copy of a jules verne book (20,000 leagues under the sea) so hopefully that one’s less horrible than this was.
i don’t typically write long reviews, so you can imagine the rage this book has incited in me <3
A delicious and delightful, edge of your seat, thrilling romp around the world from days of yore — long before Instagram influencers and selfies.
Read the book, it’s so much better than the current television series.
Read the book, it’s so much better than the current television series.
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced