Lord Jim (Abridged) Audiobook

" A lot of people read Heart of Darkness in high school and then act like they know Joseph Conrad; it's annoying. Read Lord Jim instead. It's a similar story about the "dark heart of man" and the Western colonization of exotic cultures, but better. "

" Here's an example of my occasional confusion about whether I read a book or not. I'm pretty sure I did but if I did it probably followed seeing the Peter O'Toole movie and I get the two confused. The movie was a star-packed actioner but only so-so. Date read is a guess. "

" This book is plotted like a classical tragedy, telling the story of Jim, a man with a fatal flaw, his attempts to run away from his actions, and how everything finally catches up to him. You see everything that happens from a distance, since most of the book except for the first few chapters is narrated by Captain Marlow, a man who learns about the things that happen to Jim from what people tell him, both Jim himself and others who become involved in different ways. This way of telling the story worked for me, because Jim as a character wasn't very interesting to me but the slow reveal of what happened to him, how it affected people around him, and what Marlow thought of it kept me reading. "

" I was always impressed by Conrad's style and eloquence. Let's not forget - He wasn't an english writer. What he accomplished is unbelievable. This is an undying subject - the rise and the fall of a human will in a magnificent literary form. The book not to be forgotten. "

" Wow. a long, long read, but absorbing beyond belief. "

" I just don't like Conrad. He is smarter than I am and I don't enjoy reading his books. "

" A lot of people don't like Conrad for various reasons, but this is dark in a fascinating rather than morbid way. "

" I just didn't dig it. It was ok but I don't think I even want to go back and try it again. "

" One of those books I skipped in college, with good reason: it is infernally long. It's also, however, quite good. "

" I remember this as a dull fussy sort of book that I couldn't wait to finish and move on to something else. "

" this book started off awesome, but the second half drags a little bit. ended awesome though. "

" I really didn't care for Heart of Darkness, but this came highly recommended and I really liked it. Full of feelings of remorse and honor, forgiveness and redemption, it is uplifting and has some very thought-provoking passages. "

" My mind wandered a lot while reading this meaning it just didn't hold my interest. Maybe I'll try to read it again sometime when I have fewer distractions. I liked the overall concept of the story and the writing/wording was in some places beautiful. "

" All too long, boring. I have tried to read it at least three times over the years, but now it is standing in one of my bookshelves, and there it is going to stay for a while. "

" reading this shortly after reading A Bend In The River improved both books for me. Add Kipling'a Kim to the mix and you get a truly astounding view of many of the different ways Colonialism screwed up so many people involved in it. "

" Will most likely re read this book, it is a fascinating novel! next time I read it I will take an atlas along to follow the itinerary more closely. "

" My High school English teacher always claimed that Lord Jim in a hero, but I still maintain that he is an anti-hero. I won't write me essay here, but I enjoyed the book. "

" Much better than The Heart of Darkness... "

" the book everybody should read beforer opening their mouth to criticize the lives of others. "