Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction

from justagirlwithabook

I had to read this book for an AP Lit class in high school and really just didn't enjoy it very much. I feel like most of the time was spent on a boat (if I remember correctly) and it was really dark and depressing. I'm not even sure that it's worth a two star review except that I can't really re...

from Mrs.Ski

Not my type of stories at all, depressing and weird. Though the last story "The Secret Sharer" shocked me by how good it was. It was intriguing and fascinating - Love It!

from KendraRenee

Having read King Leopold's Ghost prior to Heart of Darkness, I appreciated the latter more for its historical than its literary value. It's just mind-staggering to think that Conrad witnessed such a brutal system of colonization in action, and captured his observations in this fictional account o...

from KendraRenee

Having read King Leopold's Ghost prior to Heart of Darkness, I appreciated the latter more for its historical than its literary value. It's just mind-staggering to think that Conrad witnessed such a brutal system of colonization in action, and captured his observations in this fictional account o...

from FicusFan

This is a short story/novella that is about 140 pages. It took me 6 days to read it. I would be reading and my eyes would glaze over, or I couldn't get past some part of the page, or I would fall asleep. It really wasn't a good experience for me, but it is mostly due to the writing style. I am no...