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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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
strangely passive and obviously deeply colonialist and racist but I do vaguely see why it has stayed on the list of books English classes teach. There's something about the descriptions that are horrible and visceral like nothing I've ever seen before.
I'm glad I had to read it for this class and now I hope to never think about it again.
I'm glad I had to read it for this class and now I hope to never think about it again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Racism, Violence
adventurous
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Amazing. Absolutely impenetrable from start to finish.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Racism
Minor: Racial slurs
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had to read this for my English class and did not enjoy it. The entire books is Conrad thinking he is better than the other Europeans for believing that colonialism is wrong while being still painting racist caricatures of the native people. It's also ridiculously slow.
Another angering thing is he tells the story as a frame story, and then nothing happens to the people on the boat that the narrator is telling the story to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Racial slurs
Minor: Death, Cannibalism
dark
tense
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism
dark
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism