Reviews with content warning for Racism - Heart of Darkness

Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

208 reviews

kj_219's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

I want to delete this from my brain

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angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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elsie_n's review against another edition

2.25

dark sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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divya_s's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

So. Much. Racism

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potterpav's review against another edition

2.25

dark tense 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: Complicated

me rating this less than 2.5 stars seems like a red sniper's dot should appear on my forehead any moment now but frankly atp i do not care. credit where credit's due, i like how it was a story within a story (one of the things i liked abt frankenstein and kokoro too, i just think its cool to get perspectives within perspectives) and i like the brief sentences about the scenery but whewwwwww the rest of this book was heavy and sad and depressing. it was just depressing. its a classic and i understand why it's still so famous today but surely there's better texts about colonialisation to be read? i am waiting for the realisation.

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dustypaw's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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pyrorchis's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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xkrille's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark 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

I read this for university and this was not for me. This was not my type of book.

I have no idea what happened in this, what it is about, how it ended, etc. I am so lost. I just wanted to get it over with and finish it. I did not find it interesting.

All of this could just as well be because of my taste, and, in reality, it is a great book. I just found it difficult to get drawn into the book, when I had no idea what was going on.

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