A review by jonbar94
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

4.0

Wow, I thought I was gonna hate this but it turned out to be a lot of fun?? Even when they take forever to get down there I was still entertained by the professor. No one ever mentions how Verne put comedy into this novel. I see this book a lot in children’s sections and idk what self-hating child would want to sit through 2/3 of the book of them wandering through caves and spouting outdated science lol. But as an adult I actually dug the slow burn. It’s a pity they’re actually in the cool part of the underworld for like, what, ten chapters? Oh, but that battle between prehistoric sea creatures - the first “dinosaur” battle in literary history! What a treat.