tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435844874964791975.post7373924241049278721..comments2024-02-04T11:47:01.838-08:00Comments on Read 52 Books in 52 Weeks: BW6: Hallie EphronRobin Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07765229264945106765noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435844874964791975.post-41675483248398530922013-02-06T16:43:24.653-08:002013-02-06T16:43:24.653-08:00Finished reading Never Tell a Lie and it's jus...Finished reading Never Tell a Lie and it's just more suspense than anything. Think you would be able to handle it. Robin Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07765229264945106765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435844874964791975.post-34392487429342881782013-02-03T18:13:36.137-08:002013-02-03T18:13:36.137-08:00I am not a big fan of psychological thrillers. I ...I am not a big fan of psychological thrillers. I have read only a few that I did enjoy. Maybe I'll get brave an check out this author. :-)Leah Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812333478201076333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435844874964791975.post-32470121116059493362013-02-03T11:30:09.853-08:002013-02-03T11:30:09.853-08:00It is a good book, though not an easy read, once c...It is a good book, though not an easy read, once can get past the long running tortuous sentences and get into the story. I read it a few years back for a lit class and also compared it to the movie Apocalypse Now. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the story. Care to share your name at the end of your thoughts - always helpful to know who I'm talking too. :) Robin Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07765229264945106765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5435844874964791975.post-73303431467646363482013-02-03T08:01:27.452-08:002013-02-03T08:01:27.452-08:00Week 5 : "Heart of Darkness"
Joseph Conr...Week 5 : "Heart of Darkness"<br />Joseph Conrads magnum opus has been on my radar for long time.Almost all best of lists included it , but for some reason I never get around.Unlike a lot of others classics, who can be used as cold weapon, it is very short,so five days I just thought "What a hell" and tried it.<br /><br />Book is about Charles Marlow as he becomes captain of ivory steamship in Africa,and about his journey to find Mr. Kurtz ,ivory transporter who has set himself as a god among natives.<br />I should from start that a lot people wont like this book for mere writing Conrads writing style.Unlike some other classics this truly feels like it was written century ago.Conrad writes very meticulously,his vocabulary is quite big.I have noticed that some people think Conrad is just showing off with his stupendous vocabulary.<br />Books pace is very slow.Book is narrated so all time we spent all time listening to narrators thoughts and sometimes hard to follow ruminations.<br />Book is thematically quite interesting and deals with the themes of colonialism, racism, and savagery versus civilization.I especially liked how book subverted and inverted usually dichomotized symbolism of black and white.<br /><br />I have to mention that book can come off as sexist and racist,which most likely is because ot was originally written for man journal century ago <br /><br /><br />In conclusion altough book for some people can be hard to get through I think it is worth a try.It is only 100 pages long,and very important manuscript in literary history. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com