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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
3.75
adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’ll be honest, I didn’t love this one. The prose was a high point. Conrad builds some beautiful sentences and I definitely used the dictionary function of my kindle a ton. 

The plot just didn’t feel satisfying. We hype up Kurtz through this whole book only to find him sick and dying. It felt like a massive let down. The only information we ever glean from him is from the crazed Russian. It felt like the ending just felt rushed. 

This book was interesting from a historical standpoint.  After reading King Leopold’s ghost, a lot of the book is put into a more historical context. If anything, Kurtz’s actions aren’t even that bad in comparison to what really happened in the Congo. 

This book is worth a read from a historical standpoint and from a prose standpoint but maybe not a plot standpoint.