Reviews - Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

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Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift

3.29 AVERAGE

dbartolotta04's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ashleysmith9's review against another edition

3.5

challenging funny

mrs_galaxywanderer091825's review against another edition

1.0

Holy moly am I glad this book is finally finished! This is one of the most boring books that I have ever read in my life, which makes sense why my school had to force me to read it to pass. The character was so pretentious and ridiculously dense that I couldn't believe Mr. Swift was proud of writing a main character like this much less think that he was a character that fully reflected how he felt. This man was held captive not once or twice but 4 times!!! That is just ridiculous to me since he was a surgeon before becoming a ship's captain... Maybe when I am not forced to read this book I'll enjoy it, but I won't be reading it any time soon.

mrs_galaxywanderer091825's review against another edition

2.0

I thought there was no way I would reread Gulliver's Travel's but then I saw that David Hyde Pierce, one of my favorite living actors, narrated this book on Audible and it was free. Yes I bought it to listen to his voice but also remembered I made a promise to reread this book outside of a mandatory class setting. What better reason to get a free audiobook than to have a fantastic and soothing voice read it to you? Now that my love of David Hyde Pierce is out of the way onward to review on the book. I really struggled to finish this book as I did not like the story as much as I hoped I would. It amazes me that a man who was a surgeon (smart person around that era) would continue to go on adventures where he was repeatedly held captive by people very different than the one he knows in England. I'm sorry to say but I'll be returning this audiobook even though I loved Mr. Pierce's voice. Hopefully he'll narrate other audiobooks that I will actually like and keep in my collection.