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Another Conrad adventure story - another Conrad book I simply did not enjoy.

Here's the thing. Conrad was not a bad writer. Not by any means. As with so many of his books, I truly do understand why his work was so popular and rose to such acclaim. From a modern perspective, the market is so saturated with adventure novels that it no longer seems especially special, but in its day, it was ground breaking in many ways.