5.6k reviews for:

Heart of Darkness

Joseph Conrad

3.03 AVERAGE

mrginger42's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-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: Complicated

wormythebookworm's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

mattatat37's review against another edition

1.0

challenging mysterious slow-paced

thecriticaljournal's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Death, Blood

nanopanda's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

insinc's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous dark mysterious 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: No

readinguntilschool's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Murder

xiny's review against another edition

3.0

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Me pareció complicado en español, pero con la relectura en inglés las he pasado canutas...

zwyatt's review against another edition

2.0

challenging 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: Yes

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I'm torn about this book. While I think I understand the narrator and the central themes of this novella, the heavy subject matter of the doom and gloom of colonialism was told a bit too heavy handedly and in my opinion still misses its mark. While the heart of darkness is quite obviously the white man's conquest for wealth at the expense of their souls through their treachery, racism, and violence, I still find it somewhat tone deaf from such an unfeeling narrator (like Meursalt of The Stranger). Why anyone was infatuated with Kurtz is beyond me.

sgamez's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark 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: No