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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

11 reviews

dexkit10's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Drug use, Xenophobia, and Violence

Minor: Racial slurs and Animal death

gialemaster's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Racism

Moderate: Drug use

Minor: Violence

02_sarah's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

A short adventure, which for the time must have been exhilarating to read. Current reflections on the British empire and the peoples of non-European nations will reveal a less favorable perspective. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cultural appropriation, Death, Racism, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Drug use, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

interesting dive into the means of traveling in the 1800s, the plot was witty and original as well. Obviously it is also written from a very colonialist perspective point of view — the descriptions of white Americans were pretty funny, though, and accurate despite being over 150 years old!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Colonisation

Moderate: Violence and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use and Slavery

davbat's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

Exceedingly bisexual but a bit racist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism

Moderate: Slavery, Xenophobia, Racism, Domestic abuse, Racial slurs, Violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Antisemitism

Remember when it was written, lots of racism from that.

a character who becomes important is introduced as the victim of a misogynistic human sacrifice following forced marriage

liviamello's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

I just found out that this was one of my grandfather's favourite books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Drug use, and Racism

Moderate: Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

innastholiel's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, and Xenophobia

Minor: Drug use, Animal death, and Violence

alexmill's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racial slurs, and Racism

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, Violence, and Xenophobia

manu_k's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Upon re-reading it recently, I have come to the realization that little 11 year old me had no idea what she was reading. I should probably re-read everything I read before the age of 15, but anyways...

This book reminded me of why I fell in love with English classics in the first place. The world-building, the pace, the dialogue, it all captivates me and asks me to hold on tight for the ride. While it is truly an exquisite book that will always have a place in my heart, it is not without glaring flaws. 

Period-typical misogyny and racism is abundant. As an Indian, I was very much offended about the way Indian culture of those times has been written. While some things hold truth (no shoes in the temple and the Sati pratha come to mind), in some cases Jules Verne is totally talking out of his butt, and clearly has founded his ideas on India of those times on unreliable sources. The language used in describing people not of British descent is offensive, and the colonized countries they pass through have been described as 'benefitting culturally and economically from British rule', at par with the thoughts of those times. 

The pacing starts out fast, loses it in the middle, but regains it around the end. If you have watched the movie before reading this book, beware those two are totally different.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Confinement, and Gun violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Racism, Racial slurs, and Misogyny

nrogers_1030's review

adventurous hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence