tarotsystem 's review for:

The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

2.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wanted to like this book, I really did. But the 2 stars are entirely due to Doyle's excellence at the craft of writing, as the story and characters have absolutely no merit on their own. This book is Doyle trying to be Burroughs and failing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism

Moderate: Colonisation

There is a lot of casual and incessant racist language and ideology from the character of Challenger in particular, but also much of the "standard" terminology when speaking of any non-white people in 1912 England is now recognized as slurs so the second quarter in particular is absolutely chock full of it everywhere.