Reviews tagging 'Colonisation'

El Corazón de las Tinieblas by Joseph Conrad

76 reviews

gmariecosta's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Cannibalism, Murder, and Colonisation

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

idk why so many older novels take the premise of a guy telling a story. I cannot take it seriously. Their narrator goes into more detail than anyone has ever actually said in a story they told aloud. It takes me out of it a bit.

As for the actual story... There's so much detail about things that don't matter and vagaries about things that do. Marlow seemed to like Kurtz at some times, and I'm not sure why? idk, I don't feel qualified to give this book and actual meaningful review.

"The horror, the horror" should have been such a banger line, but it fell flat for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Death, Xenophobia, and Colonisation

Minor: Cannibalism

912jae's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Colonisation, and Classism

littlefoxsword's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

This could have been groundbreaking to readers at the time of it's publication but it's not worth it now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation

ednam0dewannabe's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Xenophobia, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Gore, Racial slurs, Slavery, Terminal illness, Blood, and War

Minor: Gore, Violence, and Cannibalism

diana_raquel's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Blood, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Suicide and Grief

yourfavebookhoarder's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

kwichris's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, and Colonisation

Moderate: Cannibalism

kj_1429's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

I want to delete this from my brain

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and Colonisation

Minor: Misogyny and Cannibalism

angelbabe_cj's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

• 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, and Colonisation

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Cannibalism

Several instances of the N word, including within the first 10 pages.