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3.19 AVERAGE
3.19 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tre stelle perché sono magnanima.
Su 110 pagine, le prime 80 sono una lunga e lenta serie di nulla. ll capitano Delano per tutto il giorno pensa "uhm qui c'è qualcosa di strano, oh ma guarda che comportamento insolito, no dai le mie sono solo pippe mentali", Benito Cereno ha la vitalità e il calore di una statua di ghiaccio, e Babo è un'irritante figura sempre in mezzo ai piedi. La svolta è a pagina 84, finalmente accade qualcosa, le cose iniziano ad avere un senso e la trama si fa interessante. Siamo già a tre quarti della storia e non riesco a dimenticare la noia provata fino a un attimo prima, ma ormai il libro è finito, posso iniziare a leggere qualcosa di meglio.
Su 110 pagine, le prime 80 sono una lunga e lenta serie di nulla. ll capitano Delano per tutto il giorno pensa "uhm qui c'è qualcosa di strano, oh ma guarda che comportamento insolito, no dai le mie sono solo pippe mentali", Benito Cereno ha la vitalità e il calore di una statua di ghiaccio, e Babo è un'irritante figura sempre in mezzo ai piedi. La svolta è a pagina 84, finalmente accade qualcosa, le cose iniziano ad avere un senso e la trama si fa interessante. Siamo già a tre quarti della storia e non riesco a dimenticare la noia provata fino a un attimo prima, ma ormai il libro è finito, posso iniziare a leggere qualcosa di meglio.
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Captain Delano really is just a dude from Duxbury Massachusetts.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
Little audiobook I listened to whilst sailing on a game called Sea of Thieves.
Another fantastic book from Melville. Ahead of his time in so many ways. Here he uses a racist narrator to highlight the grossness of paternalistic racism.
That whole 'aren't they doing well despite their disadvantages' sort of racism. Here manifest as 'they are too stupid to be cunning, too weak to be a threat'
Basically modern racism. Congratulations humanity, we managed to allow racism to spread far and wide and stretch to other groups beyond race. All because everyone believes their own self-delusional protestations of altruism and that you can't be racist if you're doing nice things for those people.
Grinds my gears.
Anyway the book...
Fantastic book. Really tight writing. Loved the tension built up along the way. Ending was a little flat.
True equality is realising that all people are 'capable' of evil as well as good. They are 'capable' because it is a universal of human nature. No group of people has a monopoly on good or evil. No group lacks certain qualities that allow for it. We are just responding to the hand dealt. Morality is judgement after the event and usually it holds its own degrees of prejudice. That knowledge does nothing to soothe history's injustices. It should just bring a little perspective in the here and now. You know, the place where it matters.
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Amazing. Ending is so good. Love the use of the law at the end