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3.16 AVERAGE
3.16 AVERAGE
This is not one of Verne's best works, but still an enjoyable adventure story. Verne tries too hard to conceal the identity of the villain, resulting in a very stilted narrative. The amazing supercar that can also fly and sail underwater is a fantastic invention that I would have liked Verne to describe in more detail, especially its source of power.
Fairly standard Jules Verne, which isn't a bad thing at all.
It’s super interesting seeing what counted as Speculative Fiction over 100 years ago and how Verne predicted the technology of today! The story is a little predictable and it’s fairly heavy on description but a short yet detailed and enjoyable read nonetheless.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
An OK book though I would not consider it one of Verne's best. It is somewhat of a sequel to Robur the Conqueror. If you read the first one, it is worth it to see the conclusion to the story. It is funny to read some of the 1860s science ideas as plot elements (not being able to see something moving at 150mph or becoming lighter as it moves faster).
And average Jules Verne sci-fi tale. It broadcasts itself from page 1, but this is a quick, fun, and easy read. Think of it as an episode of a TV show you like.
I don't think this short novel has withstood the passage of the years
OH MY GODS.
This children, this book is a perfect example of why you must always, always plan, proofread and edit your papers. I'm thinking either Mr. Verne wrote it with this in mind, or his son wrote it for high school English and begged dad to publish it. I wanted to be generous in it and give him at least two stars (I did love Verne's other books, seriously! Maybe it's been too long since I read them and they really are this bad)
Ok, there's adventure. Some. And the geography, well is described very, creepishly accurately. But the repetition! MY GODS THE REPETITION! I wanted to throw my Kobo across the room so many times. It reads like a those essays you did in high school English, were you pad the shit out of it, so that the padding will make your essay that you did for your high school English class will mean the word length minimum that your high school English teacher set for the essays in the class. But alas, it's totally padded up to shits that anyone in your English class can tell, and it's annoying to the teacher to have to read through all these essays with so much padding. So the padding makes it annoying. Oh yea, and then things are introduced in the middle of nowhere which have little precedence, and are padded all around and then it's a very annoying read.
So I can't be generous and I can only give one star, I really want to give more because I liked 20,000 Leagues and Journey to the Centre of the Earth, among others, but seriously this book is padded to shit like a secondary paper with minimum word length requirements and it makes it very annoying.
Spoilers, and a warning that these spoilers may spoil (though may not), and thereby be annoying:
Pre-FBI Police chief investigates fast car. Eventually meets the guy with the fast car which is a boat/submarine/car/plane. The end.
I felt not a single bit of sympathy for the protagonist nor disdain for the antagonist, Verne leaves no reason to. Any character development is marred by seriously annoying padding. It's really annoying. Remember those essays you wrote in high school? Yea, that annoying.
And then there is the conclusion that comes out of the blue, like thrown in, that really makes it a strong reminder to plan, proofread and edit your books people!
---End comments:::
NOT RECOMMENDED to anyone as their first Jules Verne book. Others are much, much better.
RECOMMENDED as required literature, for schoolchildren, in parallel to say, "scared straight" jail visits, to scare them into planning and proofreading their books so that they don't look like retarded high school essays that were padded to shit just to get the word count up that just end up annoying the teacher.
This children, this book is a perfect example of why you must always, always plan, proofread and edit your papers. I'm thinking either Mr. Verne wrote it with this in mind, or his son wrote it for high school English and begged dad to publish it. I wanted to be generous in it and give him at least two stars (I did love Verne's other books, seriously! Maybe it's been too long since I read them and they really are this bad)
Ok, there's adventure. Some. And the geography, well is described very, creepishly accurately. But the repetition! MY GODS THE REPETITION! I wanted to throw my Kobo across the room so many times. It reads like a those essays you did in high school English, were you pad the shit out of it, so that the padding will make your essay that you did for your high school English class will mean the word length minimum that your high school English teacher set for the essays in the class. But alas, it's totally padded up to shits that anyone in your English class can tell, and it's annoying to the teacher to have to read through all these essays with so much padding. So the padding makes it annoying. Oh yea, and then things are introduced in the middle of nowhere which have little precedence, and are padded all around and then it's a very annoying read.
So I can't be generous and I can only give one star, I really want to give more because I liked 20,000 Leagues and Journey to the Centre of the Earth, among others, but seriously this book is padded to shit like a secondary paper with minimum word length requirements and it makes it very annoying.
Spoilers, and a warning that these spoilers may spoil (though may not), and thereby be annoying:
Pre-FBI Police chief investigates fast car. Eventually meets the guy with the fast car which is a boat/submarine/car/plane. The end.
I felt not a single bit of sympathy for the protagonist nor disdain for the antagonist, Verne leaves no reason to. Any character development is marred by seriously annoying padding. It's really annoying. Remember those essays you wrote in high school? Yea, that annoying.
And then there is the conclusion that comes out of the blue, like thrown in, that really makes it a strong reminder to plan, proofread and edit your books people!
---End comments:::
NOT RECOMMENDED to anyone as their first Jules Verne book. Others are much, much better.
RECOMMENDED as required literature, for schoolchildren, in parallel to say, "scared straight" jail visits, to scare them into planning and proofreading their books so that they don't look like retarded high school essays that were padded to shit just to get the word count up that just end up annoying the teacher.
