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A review by slferg
20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
4.0
I decided that I needed to read this after reading 'All the Light You Cannot See" where she is reading 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea aloud from her braille book. I had never read this, so I decided I needed to.
The story is interesting. It starts out with sightings of a mysterious creature in the sea. An expedition is put together to hunt down and kill the beast. French professor is invited to go along with his servant/assistant. The professor is an expert on sea and oceanic creatures and life. The ship sights the thing (a keen-sighted Canadian harpooner actually spots it). In the ensuing pursuit/battle, the professor, his friend and the Canadian are swept overboard. Surprisingly, they are rescued by a ship under the water and brought up to the surface, brought on board and isolated until the captain they are instructed to call Nemo decides what to do with them. He decides they can stay, but must never leave the ship. This is not a problem for the professor and his assistant, since they are given the chance to explore parts of the oceans they have never seen before and catalog types of fish and undersea life they have never seen. But, the Canadian, who is an active man without the interest in studying sea life, preferring to hunt it, is impatient to try to escape and leave the ship.
The story is interesting. It starts out with sightings of a mysterious creature in the sea. An expedition is put together to hunt down and kill the beast. French professor is invited to go along with his servant/assistant. The professor is an expert on sea and oceanic creatures and life. The ship sights the thing (a keen-sighted Canadian harpooner actually spots it). In the ensuing pursuit/battle, the professor, his friend and the Canadian are swept overboard. Surprisingly, they are rescued by a ship under the water and brought up to the surface, brought on board and isolated until the captain they are instructed to call Nemo decides what to do with them. He decides they can stay, but must never leave the ship. This is not a problem for the professor and his assistant, since they are given the chance to explore parts of the oceans they have never seen before and catalog types of fish and undersea life they have never seen. But, the Canadian, who is an active man without the interest in studying sea life, preferring to hunt it, is impatient to try to escape and leave the ship.