aly_lourim 's review for:

Heart of Darkness: A Signature Performance by Kenneth Branagh by Joseph Conrad

2.0

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I had to read this book for my gothic literature class and I didn't enjoy a single second of it. I understand why it's considered gothic, however, it was just a story of a colonizer/seaman going to Africa in search of a man that was highly looked up to and did cruel awful things just to attain Ivory. I will not ever touch this book again. I appreciate that Kenneth Branagh and the production team changed the n word to native for the audiobook. Kenneth got me through this book, but barely. He's a great storytellor, I just have zero interest in this story.