tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post4184552331069405945..comments2023-11-23T09:51:07.448-05:00Comments on A Literary Odyssey: Book 120: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (November Group Read).Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18420476898132383974noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-48878112552657284712012-05-07T15:43:50.663-04:002012-05-07T15:43:50.663-04:00could the one that we both read togeather be the s...could the one that we both read togeather be the same as the one were reading now. If your inthe area and do wish upon a new lamp than give it a shoot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-52939886952676333062012-05-07T15:40:25.429-04:002012-05-07T15:40:25.429-04:00If I were the wolf in the darkness iD be wearing a...If I were the wolf in the darkness iD be wearing a suit jacket one that slides up the back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-52902641052385698462012-05-07T15:39:36.404-04:002012-05-07T15:39:36.404-04:00wish your were still reading the last of the main ...wish your were still reading the last of the main projects put into the history books and the last of the documents that sit onto the line of good comprehence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-46976291198034630752012-05-07T15:38:13.167-04:002012-05-07T15:38:13.167-04:00In the last of the one to be said if your into the...In the last of the one to be said if your into the page turns and the plot that is king of twists. I did some research and the last book that has the same directional wixxards and villians is not in existence and will never be published. In the curse of the ahomid and the sons of the furry and the bold and the beautyfull.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-29401035266672122922012-05-07T15:35:32.934-04:002012-05-07T15:35:32.934-04:00in the same direction a guiltless pleasure of a re...in the same direction a guiltless pleasure of a read the one that keeps on creeping up the stairs. I am into the begginig of the oddessy and the footage of the lost desert of aman. In the end the monster does fing the one he loves. In the last sentence you are asking yourself if you should rent the video.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-24927024961410874772012-05-07T15:33:11.807-04:002012-05-07T15:33:11.807-04:00in the section that is most prefered and the most ...in the section that is most prefered and the most hatted in the obvious direction in the land of the darkness where the one villian is the only one on the whole planet. If your in the rehel of the o great one than you can find a better place to sit down and enjoy a good book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-84213102427944020322011-12-19T02:43:02.148-05:002011-12-19T02:43:02.148-05:00I'm catching up on your posts so this is a bel...I'm catching up on your posts so this is a belated comment, but I want to sneak in a supportive comment for another work by Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer. It's very short and very delicious. Maybe you should try a different piece by him, just to give him the full chance, rather than reading the same book of his and hating it each time? :) I disliked Heart of Darkness myself.Bahnreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04715301741888013895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-30173301850815697832011-12-05T14:37:57.924-05:002011-12-05T14:37:57.924-05:00I really disliked this one too. I definitely haven...I really disliked this one too. I definitely haven't read it three times, but I think one was enough to put me off it. I keep wondering if I should try another one of his books.Melissa (Avid Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02119628715475021774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-70186080941237127512011-12-05T06:09:19.926-05:002011-12-05T06:09:19.926-05:00Finally put my post up, sorry for coming late to t...Finally put my post up, sorry for coming late to the conversation. <br /><br />I was surprised at how much I liked it :) I was expecting something vague, poetic and metaphoric, but Marlow's story interested me. I like how he describes the actual journey into the heart of the jungle and how he builds interest around Kuntz. <br /><br />I would have loved to debate the book in class. <br /><br />What did you think of the lonely Russian? I'd love to read a novel just about him.<br /><br />My 2-euro-cents:<br />http://thesleeplessreader.com/2011/12/05/heart-of-darkness-by-joseph-conrad/Alex (The Sleepless Reader)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03083761152675156469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-23915537496142822972011-12-04T16:26:40.358-05:002011-12-04T16:26:40.358-05:00I too was forced to read this book twice in colleg...I too was forced to read this book twice in college and hated it both times. In between I watched "Heart of Darkness" (which I also watched twice - once before each reading.) I can say that I now pretty much know what is going on in Heart (which was not true the first time and reading the book helped immensely) but I don't like it or the book. You were daring to try a reread of a hated school book. I'm thinking of doing the same with The Scarlet Letter - although I didn't hate it, only mildly disliked it - having just read When She Woke. I hope I have the opposite experience as you!Carin Siegfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07278383926500248048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-61009130270749495112011-12-04T11:19:34.536-05:002011-12-04T11:19:34.536-05:00I'm not an official participant since I didn&#...I'm not an official participant since I didn't get to sign up on time, but I posted my review earlier today. Like you, I just didn't get what Conrad was trying to say, and I'm glad to know I'm not alone. I read SparkNotes, and, apparently, this book is supposed to be about the duality of human nature. When I read that, I was like, "What? Where did that come from?"Darlyn (Your Move, Dickens)https://www.blogger.com/profile/00979296421309409564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-82164711834553027802011-12-04T09:44:32.746-05:002011-12-04T09:44:32.746-05:00I read it in high school freshman English along wi...I read it in high school freshman English along with Secret Sharer, which I liked much better. I think I reread Secret Sharer in college for a 20th century British Lit class, but other than that I haven't read anything else by him. <br /><br />I think it's okay to just not like an author -- it's obvious you have done your best to give him a fair shot, and there are so many other great authors to enjoy. Don't torture yourself if you don't enjoy him!Karen K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13483190930383406559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-43265825917020465792011-12-03T20:33:46.614-05:002011-12-03T20:33:46.614-05:00Oooh! Now I can't wait to read my copy, just t...Oooh! Now I can't wait to read my copy, just to see what I think! I love the way you journaled this -- sharing how frustrated you are that you <i>can't</i> like it. <br /><br />I don't know if this sort of thing works for everyone, but I couldn't stand Twain, then I read his biography, and now I feel comletely different about him. I really, really didn't get the Austen appeal, then I read her biography, and I'd say she's my favorite author, alongside Margaret Mitchell. (And you know how I love Mitchell.) <br /><br />I look at a work as a biographical adventure though -- a conversation woith the author. So if you don't read like that, it might not work for you.<br /><br />That said -- (I'm answering this without having read the other comments, so I won't be swayed) -- yes, I think you should read <i>Lord Jim</i>. Because if you don't, you'll always wonder if it would have cracked the Conrad code for you. And this project is about challenging yourself, right?*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-16521112463218901652011-12-03T15:52:27.869-05:002011-12-03T15:52:27.869-05:00Heart of Darkness is on my To Be Read list for 201...Heart of Darkness is on my To Be Read list for 2012. I have never read any Conrad before so I hope like it better than all of you did. If I don't like it I won't waste too much time.Judayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09993053085660743467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-65122495649611815332011-12-03T13:19:39.971-05:002011-12-03T13:19:39.971-05:00I read it once and hated it so much I will never r...I read it once and hated it so much I will never read it again. There is just something completely alienating about this story for me.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13917705393662132891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-37152443485733533632011-12-03T13:15:42.868-05:002011-12-03T13:15:42.868-05:00I cannot stand Heart of Darkness. For one oh-so-br...I cannot stand Heart of Darkness. For one oh-so-brief moment, I considered reading it when I saw you were doing a group read, but no. Stick with Purgatory, I told myself.<br /><br />I didn't read it in the best of circumstances, I must admit: I remember it well. My boyfriend was at a gig, and I'm just pulled a muscle in my back lifting a speaker awkwardly. I was sitting in the car, and it was POURING DOWN, and there was a fight outside the club at one point (it seemed to be about mascara, I think). It was altogether a grim night, in grim surroundings, and I was in a grim mood. Only thing that made that night good was arriving home at 3am and going straight to sleep!ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6543330341390707771.post-1446813071452701782011-12-03T12:44:05.185-05:002011-12-03T12:44:05.185-05:00I've only tried to read Conrad once. Try thoug...I've only tried to read Conrad once. Try though I might, I couldn't be pulled into the story or rememeber what happened between sittings. So I just put it down and walked away. I might revisit it once, but not like you. Four times... I'd call it quits on this book. Try another Conrad book maybe, but burn Heart of Darkness and all those bad memories!Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530490398283237371noreply@blogger.com