Heart of darkness by Joseph
Conrad
I've never written a negative
book review but this was such a boring book. 110 pages of indigestible
contents. I feel sorry for anyone having to read this for school or university-
I bet I'll have to study it now. I just don't feel like anything happens. Anyway
the only reason why I read it was because it was on the A2 reading list.
However, I did finish it! I'm surprised as you are.
When I saw the title "A
heart of darkness" I thought it would be about a society or people without
the knowledge of love. Not at all. It seems like the book is all metaphors for
greater ideas but I'm not convinced. Maybe if I had read it to study it, I
would have been more interested.
I don't know about you but I
like short chapter that I can quickly flick through. Well guess how long these
chapters were?! 45 pages! And it was small text on each page. Honestly.
So basically, this guy called
Marlow arrives on an island where there's loads of slaves. The language used to
destine the slaves are shocking and I know they were 'more acceptable' then,
it's still awkward to read. Marlow finds that his ship has sunk and that it
will take a long time to repair. Once it's repaire they travel up the river in
search of Kurtz who they're told is ill. They come across a hit with firewood
and notes telling them to turn back. There is then a fog and they are attacked
by natives. It runs out that the natives think of Kurtz as their God. He is
bought on on a stretcher. They bring an ill Kurtz back onto the ship and onto
the shore where his mistress (the first woman mentioned). Then Kurtz
disappeared into the forest. There is a sense of urgent as his health is
falling fast. Will Kurtz survive and will Marlow get back to Europe?
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