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Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
4.25
challenging dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: N/A
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This story delves deep into the nightmarish realities of imperialism and the dehumanisation caused by European colonisation. The narrator does a fantastic job of highlighting the authors language, its poetic and extremely hypnotic as well as being quite literary heavy at times, 

Trigger warning for some, the tone and language used by the author at times towards the indigenous Africans can be jarring and unpleasant but is used to highlight the brutality of colonialism.