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I think I've been using the word atmosphere when describing books too often lately. But really, it's the word the describes what I want to say the best. And if any book is full of atmosphere it's this one. Dark, brooding and gloomy in it's essence, oppressive in it's setting and disturbing in it's conclusion. The story screams atmosphere and I thought it was great.
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I know it a classic Masterpiece but I just could not get into this one.
What else can be said about Heart of Darkness that has not yet been said?
I am adding here a paragraph I wrote while commenting on Adam’s review:
I am rethinking my own review here, as it is at the end a way out of saying anything meaningful or otherwise. But, seriously, what has not yet been said about The Heart of Darkness? Personally though – and my impressions are by no means original – I was struck by the power of “story telling” to question contemporary issues (it was still a contemporary ...more
I am adding here a paragraph I wrote while commenting on Adam’s review:
I am rethinking my own review here, as it is at the end a way out of saying anything meaningful or otherwise. But, seriously, what has not yet been said about The Heart of Darkness? Personally though – and my impressions are by no means original – I was struck by the power of “story telling” to question contemporary issues (it was still a contemporary ...more
I've not heard so much differing opinions on one book as I have over Heart of Darkness. I knew the premise - a really short book that Francis Ford Coppola somehow managed to use as inspiration for a really long movie - but found myself graduating from high school without ever having to read the damn thing.
This is a framed narrative, and the actual narrator is unnamed. He relays the story of Marlow, a fellow on his boat in the Congo, who in turn relays the story of his effort to find Kurtz (an iv ...more
This is a framed narrative, and the actual narrator is unnamed. He relays the story of Marlow, a fellow on his boat in the Congo, who in turn relays the story of his effort to find Kurtz (an iv ...more
I read this for the Book Riot Read Harder Challenge task to "Read a book under 100 pages". This may have been a short book, but it was certainly not an easy read! It is just so unrelentingly DARK! I'm unsure how to rate it - I certainly didn't enjoy reading it, but I can see that it will stay with me for a very long time.
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May 09, 2019
Gerard
rated it
did not like it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
college,
19c-literature
I don't necessarily have the energy at this point of the semester to review this, but I'll just say that I loathe this novel immensely for a plethora of reasons.
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Beautifully written but damn if Marlow doesn't go nuts reading into things.
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Apr 27, 2008
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads
rated it
it was ok
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review of another edition
Shelves:
classic,
lima-beans
Jul 05, 2015
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
