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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
Surprisingly thrilling, even knowing the ending, it was still a heart pounder.
Enjoyable & filled with adventure, how fun that the quintessential Englishman was written by a Frenchman!
I did think it was a fun story, there wasn't a whole lot of depth though.
One could say that it was written in the 1800s, he couldn't have been expected to know better, but I think of Des Cannibales by French philosopher Montaigne. In his essay a Frenchman is being taught the "civilized" aspects of a cannibalistic society compared to the "savage" aspects of French society. After a very convincing argument the teacher asks the Frenchman if he can still call the cannibals savages, to which he replies "but they don't wear pants." So, if a philosopher from the same country as Verne was outspoken about these same issues 300 years before Verne was alive, can we really say he didn't know better?
One could say that it was written in the 1800s, he couldn't have been expected to know better, but I think of Des Cannibales by French philosopher Montaigne. In his essay a Frenchman is being taught the "civilized" aspects of a cannibalistic society compared to the "savage" aspects of French society. After a very convincing argument the teacher asks the Frenchman if he can still call the cannibals savages, to which he replies "but they don't wear pants." So, if a philosopher from the same country as Verne was outspoken about these same issues 300 years before Verne was alive, can we really say he didn't know better?
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
great read! The best part for me was, apart from the storyline, the descriptions of the technicalities involved by traveling around the world at the turn of the century.
This book was a lovely tale. I have heard the story before but Jules Verne's telling of it was much more descriptive and engaging than a movie could be. This would make a good children's or young adult's novel.
I will always love this book. I can still hear my fathers voice when he read it to me when I was a child.
adventurous
lighthearted
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:
No
In some sense this book is a 'classic', but I was disappointed. I kept on comparing it in my head to The Three Musketeers, and what was striking is just how much more stylish the writing is in that book than in this one. Of course, both are pretty much all plot; but there is evident delight and art in the telling of the tale in Dumas, whereas here there really is not much to it besides the sequence of events. (Yes, there are touches intended to be comic or to add some extra dimensionality to the adventure, but it falls pretty flat.)
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Not really my thing, but I could see why people like it.