Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

Heart of Darkness: And Selections from the Congo Diary by Joseph Conrad

42 reviews

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Cannibalism

nerdyllamas's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Cannibalism and Death