Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad | Bibliotherapy Sunday

[@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace]

You are a rockstar for finishing this so quickly!

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

😅 it didn't feel quick!

[@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace]

@@TheLiteraryApothecary 🤣🤣😅

[@davidcaram7675]

I really instantly liked your presentation and i subscribed. Part of why i did is i find your voice pleasantly soothing. Also , you seem to be a bookworm( one of my people)

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

Thank you so much! 100% bookworm.

[@billybilodeau1991]

Yeah I couldn't finish it, I totally agree it's hard to find the story buried in that thesaurus he wrote. I barely made it to chapter 3 before putting it down. Every chance for an adjective, was like, Power Rangers...."It's Thesaurus Time!!"...followed by at least 5 synonyms! Which sucks because I loved his writing. In the copy I have he has a bit of an author's note for the 1920 reprint, it's what made me pick it up!

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

🤣🤣🤣 Thesaurus Time is a fantastic phrase

[@ChristyLuisDostoevskyinSpace]

"A great read for someone in their 80s" got me 🤣🤣🤣Oh boy, not looking forward to the slog, but I think because it's so short, I should be okay 🤞

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

🤣🤣🤣 you know we're all about the 80s age range these days

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

Also the slog isn't THAT bad. It's just been a long semester for me and so it felt worse than I'm sure it is

[@pgfinna]

I gotta read that. I felt like Heart of Darkness was also prohibitively hard to follow and chalked it up to "stream of consciousness" narration; sometimes people tell stories by jumping from event to event without properly leading the audience.

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

Yeah Heart of Darkness felt hard to follow in a different way. From what I remember. Tho its also been a while since I read that.

[@bobeichelberg7715]

If not for the help of "Cliff Notes," I probably would have given up. The story is fantastic if you're willing to dive into it, but the prose can be a struggle--for me, anyways. At times, I didn't know who the hell was talking about what. LoL.

[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

Yeah it was really difficult for me too

[@msrichardsreads]

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[@TheLiteraryApothecary]

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