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A review by rachel_mock
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
1.0
While it has been a number of years since I read this book, this is my absolute LEAST favorite book of all time. I am a movie fanatic and I have not been able to bring myself to watch Apocalypse Now because it is based on this awful book.
I thought that the story was muddled in its telling, that the characters were interesting, but hard to access, and that the writing style was ... well, reading the book felt like wading thru quicksand. I am an incredibly speedy reader, and this book (which is considerably shorter in length than many) took me longer than books 2 or 3 times as long.
I recognize that I have a severe bias, but I maintain that this is the worst book in the English language (that I have been exposed to). Hated it. Hated it a lot.
I thought that the story was muddled in its telling, that the characters were interesting, but hard to access, and that the writing style was ... well, reading the book felt like wading thru quicksand. I am an incredibly speedy reader, and this book (which is considerably shorter in length than many) took me longer than books 2 or 3 times as long.
I recognize that I have a severe bias, but I maintain that this is the worst book in the English language (that I have been exposed to). Hated it. Hated it a lot.