A review by skmatson10
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

If Jules Verne didn’t have a true interest in the sea he certainly feigned it well. The amount of detail he goes into on all the different types of animal and plant life is incredible. It was oddly a comforting book being slowly taken in adventure after adventure. I think because it was written in the perspective of a professor, the tone was funnily academic in the face of all of their awesome journeys but I liked it. I was also pleasantly surprised by the professor’s change in perspective on the captain. For a lot of the book he idolized him while as the reader I couldn’t shake that he was keeping them captive.