Reviews

Sukelluslaivalla maapallon ympäri by Jules Verne

strawberrymivvy's review against another edition

informative

3.0

antonella24's review against another edition

5.0

Ventimila leghe sotto i mari è un romanzo che mi ha affascinato e stupito dal principio alla fine. Jules Verne è un genio visionario che riesce a creare un mondo sottomarino ricco di avventure, scoperte e misteri. Il romanzo è un capolavoro della fantascienza e dell'avventura, che anticipa con straordinaria precisione varie caratteristiche dei sottomarini moderni.
Il personaggio che mi ha colpito di più è il capitano Nemo, il comandante del Nautilus. Nemo è un uomo geniale, colto, sa essere generoso ma anche spietato, solitario e vendicativo. Ha rinunciato alla società degli uomini per vivere nel mare, che ama e rispetta. Da un lato è un idealista in quanto segue i suoi ideali di libertà, giustizia. Dall’altro, egli rifiuta la società umana e si isola dal resto del mondo, considerandolo corrotto e violento. Nemo è corroso dal suo desiderio di vendetta che ne offusca il giudizio verso l’umanità, non riesce a perdonare e a lasciar andare il passato, non riesce a trovare la pace interiore e la felicità. Ventimila leghe sotto i mari è un romanzo che consiglio a tutti gli amanti della fantascienza, dell’avventura e del mare.

edw6rd's review against another edition

adventurous informative

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

brandidean's review against another edition

2.0

Gah, what a slog. 469 pages of “and then we saw that interesting fish and then we saw that interesting fish and then we saw that interesting fish.” Punctuated by random spurts of activity that go nowhere. They miraculously escape and can’t tell you how because they don’t remember? And we never learn what the heck Nemo’s deal is. Plus, Nemo is so infuriatingly pedantic. But Pierre is worse because he laps it up and encourages it. And no one else on the ship counts, apparently, because it’s 1870 and racism/classism is OK.

gmat's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

jthyme's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

respectabiggle7's review against another edition

4.0

One of the first classics I ever read (the first was Pilgrim's Progress). It was hard to read when I first read it (I was eleven or twelve) due to all of the nautical terminology, but I appreciate it now that I understand many of the terms. I highly recommend this book. Verne created an immortal classic.

joeymoreau88's review against another edition

4.0

I must have been twelve when I read this... I think I felt it was pretty good back then... four stars it is!

ellie_cripps's review against another edition

3.0

Took me a lot longer than I had anticipated to finish this one. Ultimately I don't think this is a bad book, it just certainly isn't all I had hoped for. There are certainly some fun moments and it's interesting to see how Verne theorised about technology and the world, but it's all properly bogged down in an excess of other boring detail and moments.

ivyloaf's review against another edition

4.75

Aside from the narrator accidentally knocking himself out for the action at the end, this book was exactly everything I love in a boring book. 😂