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Around the World in Eighty Days by Anna Lea, Jules Verne

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falleneaves's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I personally take Verne novels as very silly stories about 19th century science and progress, absurdly patriotic about the British Empire and with very dubious scientific reasoning. This is no exception, since any and all happenings here are wildly unrealistic, though no less entertaining and are portrayed with the utmost seriousness.
It's the writing that really makes this book enjoyable and less so the plot or the characters.

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witchnova's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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fresh_tepid_snoozed's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

I found this a difficult book to read, because the writing was tough to understand. I wasn't drawn to the characters and not interested in what happened. I read the whole thing because I am studying an extract from this book for an exam.

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emjbarnes's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Wouldn't recommend lol. I read this for a book club and it was a change of pace, which was nice, but between the plot, the constant racism, and the wild word choices, the whole thing was unbelievable.

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kat42's review against another edition

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adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

I wasn't expecting great representation or anything, but the racism was still so so bad. Very pro-colonialism, and I also just got sick of reading this. The book was fun at first but felt so bland by the end.

I did really like the part where they got over a broken bridge by just going really fuckin fast in a train and flying across it. Also Phileas Fogg is kinda a sick name.

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