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A review by diomuller
Hector Servadac by Jules Verne
3.0
This is a weird book. The worlds and pseudo-science created by Verne are, as always, really imaginative and top notch. The main characters are the same old Verne tropes of a noble and his servant, with a small twist. In that regard, it's more of the same, which... really, is a cool thing.
However, some things didn't go so well with me. See, I'm reading the french edition, so that may have changed in the translations, but... some characters are a bit... well... bad caricatures of some things. The englishmen and, in special, the jew merchant are not good characters, and the merchant in special is a very anti-semitic caricature. Was it the 19th century? Sure, but still, it *is* a really badly developed character even taking that into account.
The ending also kinda feels like Verne gave up explaining what exactly happened, and everything happened just because. Not a bad ending, but there *is* a lot missing between the two last chapters.
An ok book, not one of Verne's best but fine for what it is, but some things didn't age well.
However, some things didn't go so well with me. See, I'm reading the french edition, so that may have changed in the translations, but... some characters are a bit... well... bad caricatures of some things. The englishmen and, in special, the jew merchant are not good characters, and the merchant in special is a very anti-semitic caricature. Was it the 19th century? Sure, but still, it *is* a really badly developed character even taking that into account.
The ending also kinda feels like Verne gave up explaining what exactly happened, and everything happened just because. Not a bad ending, but there *is* a lot missing between the two last chapters.
An ok book, not one of Verne's best but fine for what it is, but some things didn't age well.