I finally finished re-reading Joseph Conrad's the Heart of Darkness after reading it in high school many many years ago. I even used the free Audible Books narration by Kenneth Branagh. All I can saw is, the horror, the horror that is that book. It was almost as awful and unbearable as it was when I was 17. Why is this book a classic? And why are highschool children forced to read it? I'm curious to see if Joseph Conrad is just one of those authors that I just don't like even though many other people do, like Hemingway. I've never read another Conrad book, maybe I should, just to see if I don't like his style or just the Heart of Darkness. I did appreciate the book slightly more than when I was in highschool, but it was still unbearably dull...even with Kenneth Branagh's amazing voice. I do want to watch Apocalypse Now, though. I wonder if Netflix has it on instant watch.
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