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3.11 AVERAGE
3.11 AVERAGE
Note:
The edition reviewed here is not pictured.
My edition (not the original edition that I 1st read from my wife’s collection) was published in 1972 by David R. Goodine of Boston, with illustrations by Gerry Hoover.
I’m no longer interested in helping Goodreads maintain a catalog of all editions published of a title.
Review:
Was this ever an arduous read. Latitudes, longitudes,it was enough to make me sea-sick. Journal entries that were damned near 19th century gibberish.
Roots for Lovecraft’s Mountains Of Madness are obvious (“Tekeli-li!” scream the natives of this lost land beyond the Arctic).
Other than that I had a rotten time.
I force fed myself this meal.
The edition reviewed here is not pictured.
My edition (not the original edition that I 1st read from my wife’s collection) was published in 1972 by David R. Goodine of Boston, with illustrations by Gerry Hoover.
I’m no longer interested in helping Goodreads maintain a catalog of all editions published of a title.
Review:
Was this ever an arduous read. Latitudes, longitudes,it was enough to make me sea-sick. Journal entries that were damned near 19th century gibberish.
Roots for Lovecraft’s Mountains Of Madness are obvious (“Tekeli-li!” scream the natives of this lost land beyond the Arctic).
Other than that I had a rotten time.
I force fed myself this meal.
I couldn’t stand the racist things going on here and the stereotypes of black people… and they say it will get worse through the book. Immediately no
Read this inspired by [a:Amy H. Sturgis|785795|Amy H. Sturgis|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1278628951p2/785795.jpg]' "History of the Genre" segment on StarShipSofa.
My impression was that it starts off like Tom Sawyer sort of story, then mutates into a Treasure Island and continues through Robinson Crusoe into almost The Teachings of Don Juan sort of stuff, while remaining all special and original and all. If it wasn't for strangeness of the last chapters I wouldn't give it four stars, but I was fascinated by Poe's boldness and disregard for his own Rule of the Perfect Ending.
My impression was that it starts off like Tom Sawyer sort of story, then mutates into a Treasure Island and continues through Robinson Crusoe into almost The Teachings of Don Juan sort of stuff, while remaining all special and original and all. If it wasn't for strangeness of the last chapters I wouldn't give it four stars, but I was fascinated by Poe's boldness and disregard for his own Rule of the Perfect Ending.
What a weird novel. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I mean, this is Poe we're talking about. I should expect cannibalism, live burial, hollow earth theory, mutiny, rainbow rivers, and black teeth natives who lay booby traps on the white colonialists and kill everyone but our dear narrator. LOL. I should also expect prose laden with racial allegory, anxiety, and deep psychological dread. Poe certainly knows how to convey a mood. He is a mood. He is a WHOLE mood.
Ooo i do love a fictional historical note at the end of books
Also the first half of this book is such good like existential horror, especially the bit with the first boat they see
Only three stars cause the stuff post Jane Guy was boring
Also the first half of this book is such good like existential horror, especially the bit with the first boat they see
Only three stars cause the stuff post Jane Guy was boring
Read because it's on the Guardian/Robert McCrum list of 100 greatest novels in English. Fascinating to recognise its much noted influence on other writers e.g. Melville. An odd, gory, racist read, which I've rated for academic interest rather than entertainment value
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
No
I loveeeeeeeed this book. You can’t trust a single character in this entire narrative, and Pym is the guiltiest. There’s so much distance here, between Pym and the people around him, between Pym and his narrative, between Pym and the reader, and so it goes. WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN???
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Violence
Moderate: Cannibalism
Ha sido una novela de contrates, en unos momentos no podía parar de leer, y otros en los que me costaba mucho seguirle el ritmo, ya que llega a ser demasiado descriptivo, destaca muchos términos marineros y datos de situaciones exactas que se utilizan en cartografías marinas, y ese tipo de cosas de los cuales quizás abusa demasiado y causaba lenta la lectura cuando realmente ameritaba más acción. Es una inquietante novela, pero sigo sin apreciar completamente el estilo de Poe.