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A Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
adventurous
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A geologist gets ahold of a manuscript describing a route to the center of the earth and can't resist following the route. Traveling with his nephew (our narrator) and a resourceful but stoic guide named Hans, the company embarks on an adventure through a volcano and into an endless tunnel through the planet.
Spanning sci-fi, fantasy, and adventure, this book was a fun travelogue. At one point, the narrator describes himself as sweating intensely, a state that he's in for several hours without drinking water. The center of the earth turns out to be its own set of biomes. Extinct animals are back. This is not a very hard sci-fi, but maybe for that reason, it holds up remarkably well. I often grumble about sci-fi characters being poorly developed or emotionally unavailable, but there's none of that here. The relationship between nephew and uncle is warm and compelling. As is the book as a whole.
Spanning sci-fi, fantasy, and adventure, this book was a fun travelogue. At one point, the narrator describes himself as sweating intensely, a state that he's in for several hours without drinking water. The center of the earth turns out to be its own set of biomes. Extinct animals are back. This is not a very hard sci-fi, but maybe for that reason, it holds up remarkably well. I often grumble about sci-fi characters being poorly developed or emotionally unavailable, but there's none of that here. The relationship between nephew and uncle is warm and compelling. As is the book as a whole.