cdhotwing's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
crazysecondname's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Strong character development? No
3.0
wombat_88's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
jenmkin's review against another edition
3.0
Can't believe I had to read about the Houyhnhnms with my own eyes for a class
dorisxdw's review against another edition
2.0
I remember reading this book when I was a lot younger and wanted to see what I remembered but I had a really hard time getting through the book this time.
heartland_hermit427983's review against another edition
4.0
shoutout to standardebooks.org for providing a copy. writing this review a few years after having read it so this'll be a broad and fuzzy recollection of my impression.
Adventure on a tall ship during the age of sail. Stranded on a remote tropical island with fantastical people and creatures. Even some proto-science fiction. What I liked the most is the time-machine effect of reading a book from this era. It's in written in enlgish, but the word choice and phrasing is strange. And the values, and objects, and perspectives are all odd and foreign.
The story didn't knock me off my feet but it kept going along and didn't indulge in too much needless description. A pleasing classic.
Adventure on a tall ship during the age of sail. Stranded on a remote tropical island with fantastical people and creatures. Even some proto-science fiction. What I liked the most is the time-machine effect of reading a book from this era. It's in written in enlgish, but the word choice and phrasing is strange. And the values, and objects, and perspectives are all odd and foreign.
The story didn't knock me off my feet but it kept going along and didn't indulge in too much needless description. A pleasing classic.
iteechesinglish's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
This novel is always portrayed as a sort of adventure story when being marketed to kids, but I have no idea if children actually enjoy the "edited for kids" version as the heart of the novel is really satire of society. It helped to read an online analysis to identify some of the aspects of the English society at the time that Swift was commenting on, but a lot of the satire can still be understood in the context of our times. I'm glad I finally got around to reading this. It was a little slow, but still entertaining.
treykuzmanov's review against another edition
3.0
it was a boring book. no dialogs, what so ever. BUT if you see the real meaning of the events in the book, you'd start liking it.
yeggietalesfacts's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
4.5
MAN I LOVE IT IT'S 이과감성