Reviews - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Large Print

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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Large Print

Jules Verne

3.59 AVERAGE

lea_jcbs's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

aman3041's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

juicete's review against another edition

4.0

I didn't think i would like it as much as i did! Feels like i'll never look at the ocean or sea in the same way i did before reading this book. Also found out that, surprisingly, i don't find marine biology that boring. Even though i liked it a lot, i missed clearer descriptions of how sea animals, which Dr. Aronnax saw through the windows of "Nautilus", looked like. There were a lot of information about their size, weight etc. but in my opinion, not enough about appearance and i couldn't really imagine them. The other thing that effected my rating was my disappointment of the ending. It felt rushed and i expected it to be more intresting/dramatic.

dvnewland's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

loustat__'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional informative lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ash_ton's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous funny reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

faircloughliv's review against another edition

1.5

informative slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Jules Verne simply cannot hold my attention for love nor money. Having already read Around The World In 80 Days, most of this books underdeveloped characters felt like they'd just been transplanted from that. If I read it at publication the idea of what lay under the ocean would probably be fascinating, but in the present day it simply reads like a 350 odd page list of things that can be seen in or from a submarine