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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-19 21:55:05.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-19 05:06:45.
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Einfach genial...
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-18 12:54:18.
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This is high literature at it's finest - and a great read to boot. Conrad is a master of depicting landscapes. So thorough are his wordy illustrations that he invigorates the jungle setting with so much life that if he did not exert himself to build the weathered sailor Marlow, it would have surpassed him as the main character. This is a great read, and is worthy of every book lover's time.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-14 16:57:14.
(Language: English)
Fantastic
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-10 22:35:03.
(Language: English)
I had a lot of trouble following the plot line. It felt like it was missing something.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-06 07:44:35.
(Language: English)
It is very, very dark. . .
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-03-05 23:58:51.
(Language: English)
If I could give this book negative stars I would
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Sarah posted a review at 2010-03-02 22:13:25.
(Language: English)
So help me, I tried. I really tried. Paragraph upon paragraph was read, re-read, and sometimes read a third time, trying to soak it all up. My efforts were often rewarded, but not necessarily with a mind-blowing epiphany or an intoxicatingly rich literary morsel. There were many times when I found myself asking if that was all there was to the stream of consciousness rambling, the scaffold of metaphors threatening to topple under their own weight, or the lofty word choices. Yes, there was insight. Yes there was truth. Yes there was a candid essay on imperialism, racism, and the consistently mentioned eponymous phrase that lingers in all of us. Is that all? How much am I missing? I found myself wishing I had Cliff's Notes or a critical edition just to see what others more experienced in deciphering this novella had to say. Alas, I had nothing but my own head and I came up short. Nothing in this story made me pause and wonder. Nothing in this story made me want to read it again. Nothing in this story helped me to understand why it is so widely regarded as a classic. One thing that did strike me, however, is the fact that it is regarded as a book to be read by young adults. Many of the reviewers were in high school when they read it. My God, how much harder would it be at that age? I'm freaking forty-six and have lived and learned a great deal and I found it hard to plow through. What sadistic bastard would assign this to a fifteen year old and expect anything but a lot of confusion and frustration? Maybe I am not mentally up to what Conrad offers. Like pearls before swine, the book's brilliance is wasted on me. I'm cool with that. If I couldn't get it after putting my best into it, then it is something I'll never get. There are too many books out there with the label of "classic" and I'll try my luck with them. If you are like me and wonder what the fuss was all about, here's a raised glass to us all. Oink oink.
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A Reader posted a review at 2010-02-27 23:34:03.
(Language: English)
excellent study..opened a whole new world of 'reading' a text ...
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