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saraaaa's review against another edition
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I liked that the reader is constantly reminded that the story is being told by a specific character with specific views on life, and therefore is only one of many different perspectives on the narrated events.
Conrad paints the colonial environment and the Congolese forest as engulfed in a haunting, menacing spell that gives an air of magic realism to the novella – when it did not have the tones of exoticism, it painted a beautiful picture.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Grief, and Colonisation
Moderate: Gun violence and Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism
Moderate: Gore, Racial slurs, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, and War
Minor: Gore, Violence, and Cannibalism
scorpi07's review against another edition
2.0
I’m not sure why they were teaching this in high school. I guess the storytelling style (a narrator retelling Marlow’s narration) is interesting and the prose itself is well written and artfully packed with metaphors. However, with all of the options out there, this is a poor book choice to critique colonialism, or to suggest imperialism is bad. Marlow is racist and doesn’t grow much, and the objectification of black people is pervasive throughout the book. Gross.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
Moderate: Terminal illness
maricasement's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Animal cruelty and Cannibalism
ladybugwrites's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
And I won't give a good one, just say that this book had be almost fall asleep countless times and it's probably the most problematic book I've ever read. It's not worth it.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Slavery
Minor: Misogyny and Terminal illness
librarymouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Trafficking, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Colonisation, and Classism
luis0n7i's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Grief, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Minor: Cannibalism
b_caligari's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Colonisation
Moderate: Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Grief
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury