A review by nikki_maple
Gulliver's Travels: Voyage to Lilliput by Jonathan Swift

3.0

While the Swift's witty satire on the English politics of the time is interesting and the idea of a new world with little people is novel and original, the writing style did not work well with Swift's need to mention the particulars, detailed measurements and the technical aspects. This made me bored and annoyed at times.

After boring the reader with all the specifics, he is casually cruel by stating in the very next line, 'I shall not pain the reader with the particular account of my reception at this court...'