A review by mariahistryingtoread
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness was a let down. I'm not sure if that was because I've become desensitized to violence against Black bodies or if my lack of understanding was working against me. Either way I felt like people severely overhyped how traumatizing this book was. However, I do acknowledge that I had trouble following what was going on. This was a lot like iGulliver's Travels in that I felt like I was missing a significant amount of context. I followed along better with this than Gulliver's Travels but that was through sheer force of will alone. 

This is merely a placeholder review, but I wanted to make a note for myself to reflect on in the future. As such I won't be rating it at this time. I'm going to get an annotated copy or take an English class and come back later.