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"The Horror! The Horror!"

Date of Review:  Dec 4, 2001
The Bottom Line: An excellent book, a quick read worthy of the "Classic" status given to it...you should read this.
Review: ?The Heart of Darkness? is yet another of those classics I was supposed to read at some point in high school with the rest of the English-speaking world, and yet I somehow passed it by in my quest to read every word John Steinbeck ever wrote. And...
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  5.0

by: JediKermit
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Wonderful descriptions, cliffhanging...
Cons
If you've seen "Apocalypse...
 
44 out of 44 people found this review helpful.

Conrad vs. Hemingway?

Date of Review:  Aug 22, 2000
Review: In comparing the works of Conrad and Hemingway we find ourselves dealing with the argument as to whether dynamism or symbolism constitutes the more powerful writing style. Conrad?s Heart of Darkness remains one of the most monumental and inspiring...
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  5.0

by: lansky2000
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Two of modern fiction's greatest...
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Why don't they make them like they used...
 
15 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

A master of seafaring literature makes his mark

Date of Review:  Jun 5, 2005
The Bottom Line: A story that has earned its place in the halls of classic Western literature, Heart of Darkness demands attention and delivers thoughtful enjoyment.
Review: Although I am reluctant to concede this fact, like many American males in their twenties, the reason I was inspired to read Conrad's Heart of Darkness was because of my own love of Apocalypse Now. It is no secret that the three-hour-long Francis...
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  4.0

by: toolhead
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Developed characters, layered meanings...
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Verbose language and dated vocab,...
 
15 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

Why should you read Heart of Darkness?

Date of Review:  Oct 19, 2000
Review: This is an edited excerpt from a paper I wrote for an upper division English course in 1998. It is a little more in-depth than most epinions. Please leave comments about what you think: is this too much for this format? or would you like to see me...
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  5.0

by: niccy6
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Challenging text, one of the modernist...
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Wow this is a lot of work for such a...
 
11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

I was in the darkness...

Date of Review:  Mar 14, 2000
Review: Being a senior in high school, I didn't really think I would like this book.

We were required to read Heart of Darkness for AP English a total of two times. At first, I didn't really understand why. Then after reading through the first...
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  4.0

by: fyshbone
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Definitely a classic, great details,...
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Ambiguous and confusing, better the...
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

A chilling tale of the dark side in each of us

Date of Review:  Jun 8, 2001
The Bottom Line: A powerful, important novel that forces each of us to ask difficult questions.
Review: Many people call this novella, published in 1902, the first real book of the 20th century, in that it deals with loss of innocence, moral ambiguity, exploration of the subconscious - all issues that factored prominently into the past hundred years...
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  5.0

by: rkroenert
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Deep, powerful, timeless.
Cons
Thick prose.
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Different Take

Date of Review:  Dec 24, 1999
Review: I seem to have read something completely different. Kurtz is a "good" man as defined by his society, and his (European) society rewards and reinforces his behavior. As he journeys farther away from that society, the external props of moral behavior...
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  5.0

by: Nimue
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Interesting psychological study
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11 out of 13 people found this review helpful.

Hard to get through but worth it

Date of Review:  Mar 20, 2000
Review: I had to read Heart of Darkness last week for my AP English class and when I first tried reading it, I could not get past the first page. I would read the same sentences over and over again, never remembering where I had left off. It was incredibly...
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  4.0

by: racheln
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Very deep and thought provoking,...
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VERY difficult to read
 
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Images of a Heart of Darkness

Date of Review:  Jun 19, 2000
Review: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness is a "must read" for all ages. Conrad's descriptive journey up the river is a metaphor for man's technological progress, for his conquering of nature in the name of civilization. Although written in the early...
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  5.0

by: cmetz
Recommended to buy: Yes

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Message to reader and symbolism.
Cons
Language style is difficult.
 
5 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Heart of Darkness

Date of Review:  Oct 2, 2000
The Bottom Line: Heart of Darkness hasn't survived the canon because of its voice though; it's for its powerful emotional package and conveyance and its cleverly layered development.
Review: Heart of Darkness has survived the ages not solely because of Conrad's writing voice, but moreso because this novella captures a dark and bleak feeling on the experience of human life. (The making of Apocalypse Now hasn't hurt, either.)

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  4.0

by: lorenmgreen
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
wonderfully eerie, complex layers
Cons
Racist, slow read
 

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