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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
5.7k 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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Un libro oscuro como su nombre, que me había evadido desde hace tiempo. No puede evitar comparar con escenas de la película Apocalipsis Now de Copola. Por otro lado, no quise leer una traducción al vapor hecha en Barcelona. La excelente traducción del escritor mexicano Sergio Pitol es de gran ayuda para navegar esta novela.
dark
sad
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:
Yes
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.