Though I personally was not interested in this book, I know a couple of people that I think would love it. I just wasn't captivated by the setting or the pace of the novel. It was a little too heavy, too serious, too slow for me. However, people who liked the movie Apocalypse Now (I didn't) would probably love this book since this was the inspiration for that movie, which does a great job of capturing the mentality of this novel. They basically follow the same plot, but Heart of Darkness takes place during Belgium's colonizations of Africa, instead of Vietnam. I have nothing against this book, other than my own preference.Note: I labeled this novel in War even though it's not about a war, but colonization. Still, I think it captures that type of mentality and because of it's relation to Apocalypse Now.
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