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pbella3'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? It's complicated
2.5
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Cultural appropriation, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
werewolfacct's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation
librarymouse's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
It's a slow paced book, but time moves quickly for the characters.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Religious bigotry
Minor: Cannibalism
cinderellalovesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and Classism
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
saturn_rage'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? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Racism and Colonisation
calebph's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I was about to yap about this book for paragraphs, but I’m suddenly overwhelmed with the desire to not to. Good book. Fun Congo river adventure with lots of colonialism. Norton edition had some great essays too. Only read a few of them, but they were fantastic.
Graphic: Colonisation
hotkoolaidpotato's review against another edition
Graphic: Racism and Colonisation
jade_smith's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Xenophobia, and Colonisation
Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Genocide, Misogyny, and Cannibalism
oliviatheron's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, and Colonisation