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20000 Leagues Under the Sea
by Jules Verne
Verne's novel is painfully slow reading and unimpressive.
Almost every chapter includes excruciating, detailed accounts and descriptions of animals and plants the characters encounter underwater. Classifications of the animals and plants take up a good portion of the novel.
The dialogue is rather stilted and lackluster with cliched statements and exclamations. As an example, time after time Arronaux declares it impossible to do x,y or z and each time Nemo proves otherwise Arronaux bows to his extraordinary feats. The same exchange happens again and again.
There is very little character development. Each character acts and speaks in one dimension - Conseil is submitting, Ned is rebellious, Arronaux is in wonderment. The only interesting person is Nemo, yet very little is learned or revealed about his past and how he came to be.
Disappointing.
Almost every chapter includes excruciating, detailed accounts and descriptions of animals and plants the characters encounter underwater. Classifications of the animals and plants take up a good portion of the novel.
The dialogue is rather stilted and lackluster with cliched statements and exclamations. As an example, time after time Arronaux declares it impossible to do x,y or z and each time Nemo proves otherwise Arronaux bows to his extraordinary feats. The same exchange happens again and again.
There is very little character development. Each character acts and speaks in one dimension - Conseil is submitting, Ned is rebellious, Arronaux is in wonderment. The only interesting person is Nemo, yet very little is learned or revealed about his past and how he came to be.
Disappointing.