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Heart of Darkness: 'As Powerful a Condemnation of Imperialism as Has Ever Been Written'
Gene M. Moore, Joseph Conrad
3.03 AVERAGE
5.71k reviews for:
Heart of Darkness: 'As Powerful a Condemnation of Imperialism as Has Ever Been Written'
Gene M. Moore, Joseph Conrad
3.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
i found the form of this book very difficult to parse. A character listening to a character tell a story is a bad format to me. I get it, but it's not an enjoyable read. I found myself having to re-read large passages to remind myself who's ideas were being espoused, and i'm sure I missed many of "real-time" interjections during Marlow's story.
While a slog, I found myself wanting to write a play about it, if only to add some much needed dialogue markers. Still I think that there is a lot of value in this story, and that if it had been written in 1960, and if the i might love it. also, i don't *think* the book is meant to be racist, but the ideas are certainly underdeveloped and worthy of a revision.
While a slog, I found myself wanting to write a play about it, if only to add some much needed dialogue markers. Still I think that there is a lot of value in this story, and that if it had been written in 1960, and if the i might love it. also, i don't *think* the book is meant to be racist, but the ideas are certainly underdeveloped and worthy of a revision.
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
reflective
tense
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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Worst book to read, yet it has inspired other fiction quite a lot, like Apocalypse Now and Psycho-Pass (it’s all that I’ve known so far); therefore, it's also worth reading in regard to the fact that it holds some certain truth, even though it's just racist fiction. What really matters is the human condition, where the corruption of the human soul possesses such outrages.
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow. I got immense chills finishing this book. This is the most difficult book I have ever had to read, and I am so glad that I have done so.
Heart of Darkness is not the best novel, but it is definitely the most confusing. I think my main interest in the novel was an undying need to understand it.
This would be a good read for people who like to read, who like to solve puzzles, but do not need answers or a plot. Conrad is a bit dense, not to mention cloyingly existential, and his characterization is nothing if not subtle. In sort: There is not much to enjoy about Heart of Darkness except for the journey of decoding Marlow's words and meanings, as well as feeling as if your mind has taken a beating.
I'll probably revisit Heart of Darkness sometime in the future to see what else I can glean. It is a story that is not meant to be read only once.
3.4/5 stars
Heart of Darkness is not the best novel, but it is definitely the most confusing. I think my main interest in the novel was an undying need to understand it.
This would be a good read for people who like to read, who like to solve puzzles, but do not need answers or a plot. Conrad is a bit dense, not to mention cloyingly existential, and his characterization is nothing if not subtle. In sort: There is not much to enjoy about Heart of Darkness except for the journey of decoding Marlow's words and meanings, as well as feeling as if your mind has taken a beating.
I'll probably revisit Heart of Darkness sometime in the future to see what else I can glean. It is a story that is not meant to be read only once.
3.4/5 stars
I don't know whether it was me or the weather but I never found a way into enjoying this book, it is a fine and serious work, with an atmosphere of its creeping darkness, but I kept finding other things to distract myself from it