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Around the World in Eighty Days & Five Weeks in a Balloon, by Jules Verne

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larkiie's review

4.0

Kind of hard to give this a rating. The first half is Around the world, second half is Five Weeks.

I loved around the world, it was interesting and fun.
Of course Jules Verne was from a different time, and you really feel that at times.
...Especieally in Five weeks, were words like "nigger" and "negro" often makes an appearance. And just because of that I had a hard time to truly enjoy Five Weeks.
Around the world I would probably rate 5 stars, and Five weeks only 3.

The political issues aside, Jules Verne's imagination is unbelieveable. Great read.

sof00's review

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adventurous informative medium-paced

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

2.25

regitzexenia's review against another edition

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4.0

Around The World in Eighty Days: 4.5/5 stars.

Five Weeks in a Balloon: 3.5/5 stars.

kingfan30's review against another edition

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3.0

I didn't think I had read either of these, however Around the World in 80 days seemed incredibly familiar to the extent I knew the ending, although some of it was not at all familiar. I enjoyed the story on the whole, although I felt it was lacking in helping you picture the places they passed through.

Five Weeks in a Ballon was also a good read, the only thing that got on my nerves was the fact tat where they were in the country was told as co-ordinate which mean very little to me. There were times where the story dropped off and became dull, but there were also parts that were completely gripping.