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This was a longer read that I imagined it to be. Verne's style is to emerge the reader in as much detail as absolutely possible. the result is a story that takes a back seat to so many varieties of fish and fauna and corals and reefs and water patterns that the adventure aspect suffers greatly because of it. Maybe this is a period thing and readers in the past knew little of the scientific intricacies of underwater life, but I prefer an adventure story to have more adventure than research and he
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I expected so much more from this book primarily because I have heard so many great things about it and it gets so much attention that you assume it is going to rock. I spent the vast majority of this book being bored. I enjoyed certain aspects of the book such as how Verne was able to envision technology so far beyond his time. Also, there were a few interesting parts. Unfortunately, most of the book is descriptions of where they are going and worst of all, pages of descriptions of the types of
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I expected more. I can't really say exactly what more actually but something was less than what I expected. All the zoology references put me away. I was not really interested to get to know the underwater fauna so I skipped a lot of the we-saw-this-amazing-fish-and-we-had-to-classify-it parts. Also the ending was quite abrupt. Taking place in about 1,5-2 pages is not something I expected or understood.
It is a classic novel by a classic writer which no one can take away. ...more
It is a classic novel by a classic writer which no one can take away. ...more
This was my favorite novel growing up, it was sooo amazing. I recommend for all young adults that have an affinity for the water and exploration as I did as a child.
Oct 21, 2011
Beth Tabler
marked it as to-read
Nov 28, 2017
Chantal
marked it as to-read
Jul 20, 2018
tash
marked it as to-read
