A review by branomir
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

4.0

A fun classic adventure story from time when the world map was rapidly being filled and our knowlegde took great strides. Well written and fun to read. Some parts are rather heavily dated though. The facts about the prehistoric animals have long since been disproven, indeed the idea that a therapod dinosaur "hopped along like a kangaroo" nearly gave me a laughing fit. Still it is impressive how varried Conan Doyle made his Lost world with such a great abundance of species that once roamed this earth. He certainly did his research. The book, unfortunately, also suffers from the "superior white male" syndrome of that time. Any character that isn't a white male is depicted as lesser. A lot of it would be considered racist and/or sexist by today's standards. I was able to put it all into perspective and context, however, I'm well aware that that is quite easy for me as I am myself a white male and therefore did not have to suffer under the stereotypes. The characters themselves are also great fun and form a nice little contrast. I know I say "fun" a lot but it is by far the best way to describe this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it.