A review by boxcar
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

The prose is a little boring, sometimes it feels like it drones on in perpetuity about the scientific names of fish and sea creatures. Regardless, a masterpiece. The stuff that he got right in this book is pretty wild, and the imagination it must take to dream up such things in the 1800s is amazing. A fun journey around the world, too, if nothing else!