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butterbobbin) wrote2010-11-01 08:51 am
butterbobbin) wrote2010-11-01 08:51 am
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October's Very Sad Book List
36. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne. 297pp
Quite fascinating. Very verbose in its descriptions of sea creatures and very formal in its dialogue, but managed to not be creaky in spite of the awkwardness. "Friend Ned." Seriously.
Not sure I liked it enough to read any more Verne, but it was interesting. I would have liked to know more about Captain Nemo and he just didn't put enough information there for me to read between the lines, and I found that cruel.
Quite fascinating. Very verbose in its descriptions of sea creatures and very formal in its dialogue, but managed to not be creaky in spite of the awkwardness. "Friend Ned." Seriously.
Not sure I liked it enough to read any more Verne, but it was interesting. I would have liked to know more about Captain Nemo and he just didn't put enough information there for me to read between the lines, and I found that cruel.