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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Interesting dialog and action the that is spread out by cataloging of flora and fauna that I mostly skipped through.
adventurous
challenging
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Was this a fun reread? Yes. Did I remember the battle with the giant squid to be a longer affair? Yes. How was that like 2 min?! Much more adventure and roaming the sea than fighting creatures than I remember. But I also read it… idk 25 years ago? Woof I’m old.
adventurous
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This series of Stone Arch graphic novels does a pretty good job of adapting classics into manageable stories for young readers. As with most of these, the details of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea are left out but the main points of the story are touched upon. It gives you just enough of a taste to be curious about the full story. Hopefully kids will read these graphic adaptations and then want to read the full novel. I thought the illustrated format actually worked really well for this story as it shows the underwater world very well.
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
informative
relaxing
slow-paced
I know this is somewhat classic literature. I can understand why people of the author’s era, or even a little further on, would be enchanted with the descriptions of the beautiful animals, underwater cities, and underwater fauna. However, I found the book a bit slow and dull. I am a product of my time, and am used to getting straight to the action. It took forever to get there in this book. Verne must have named every type of sea creature and plant that was currently known. The list of names seemed endless. This story does not seem so far fetched in today’s world. The technology seems like it could already be possible. I wanted to know more about what drove Nemo to leave human society. Why was he so wrought with anger and revenge towards the people in the ship? What has happened to him? The reader is given no answers, just more questions. No, this may be a classic to some, but not to me.
No plot. Lots of science and marine talk that I skipped over. Kind of cool to experience the world of under the ocean but there really is nothing that drives the plot. It only really becomes a good story in the last 20 something pages.