<p>Who else has had the displeasure of reading this book? So many people rave about it but I found it incredibly hard to get through, and I often found myself losing my spot a lot because it was just so boring.</p>
<p>Terrible, terrible book.
I was supposed to read it for a class last semester. I couldn’t get through it for the life of me. It was so dull and racist and just BAD. Ugh.</p>
<p>Joseph Conrad’s books = history book in amount of boredom.</p>
<p>I read Nostromo which is about 500 pages of Conrad…and I don’t know how I survived…Now I’m going to try to read Secret Agent by him…wish me luck even though I’m bringing this upon myself?</p>
<p>(haven’t read heart of darkness yet though…it seems worse than Nostromo even though it’s shorter)</p>
<p>it was an irritating read, but it’s really great for AP lit free responses! the themes tie in with everything.</p>
<p>I have to do this for IB English next year. I didn’t think it would be that bad, but everyone’s opinions are making me worried…</p>
<p>I forced myself to read it for the sake of reading it.</p>
<p>^ What she said. I forced myself to read it, quit halfway, pulled up the Cliffnotes and Sparknotes version, and got a 90 on my test.</p>
<p>I hated reading this book. Does ANYONE actually ENJOY it?</p>
<p>I liked it…
It was a challenge to get through, but the symbolism and imperialist themes were really interesting. But of course I used Sparknotes. And aced the test.</p>
<p>Can’t say I remember the story, but it isn’t the best book I read by far. Is it the one with Legatt? Ship Captains?</p>
<p>^ It’s the one where Marlow (a sailor/shipman) goes into the heart of the African Congo in order to retrieve an ailing Kurtz, whose entire character consists more of a presence through myth and “words” (as Marlow called it) than his actual, physical self. The novella predominantly explores themes of race relations, imperialism, sanity, and identity.</p>
<p>The first half was awfully boring. The second half, when they finally get to the Inner Station with Kurtz, gets more interesting. In terms of enjoyment, I thought it was a lot of build up for a pretty good ending (although it really wasn’t worth all that extra time). I’ll probably use it in the exam, though.</p>
<p>I’m getting flamed, but I enjoyed reading it, but maybe I loved the movie based on it, the amazing “Apocalypse Now”. </p>
<p>However annoying and uninteresting it seemed at times, I enjoyed it for some reason…</p>
<p>It was definitely less interesting than the movie, LOL.</p>
<p>I thought it was flat and unidirectional. A case of the pot calling the kettle black, I suppose :S</p>
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History book > Conrad in amount of boredom. I had a good history book ;)</p>
<p>I LOVE THAT BOOK. I chose it to write a 30-page term paper on it. Fun stuff!</p>
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Which would have been longer than the book. :P</p>
<p>Well, double-spaced…</p>
<p>Come on!! The book wasn’t THAT bad :p. Although I didn’t like Apocalypse Now that much.</p>
<p>…compared to Republic by Plato, Conrad’s other works, and War and Peace (actually war and peace isn’t that bad, it’s just the length)…Heart of Darkeness is not that bad…</p>
<p>But still</p>
<p>history book > heart of darkness</p>
<p>Half the fun in Reading Heart of Darkness is getting to the inner station. Wait, make that 2/3rds.</p>
<p>I think I’m going to start reading this after I finish Ulysses.</p>