A review by betsygant
Nostromo by Joseph Conrad

2.0

I mistakenly grabbed this off the library shelf when I meant to grab Lord Jim. At first, I wasn't too bothered by the mix-up. It was only much, much later I came to learn what a huge disappointment this was. Perhaps this is better understood and appreciated in the original text and translation. This wasn't my cup of tea. Don't get me wrong, I loved Heart of Darkness, but this was not worth my time. Last half of the book I completely skimmed. Can I tell you what this book is about? Not really. My impressions are that a lot of mining happened, problems with politics/mining/war were present, there was licentious behavior by Nostromo with every female, and finally there was no redeeming value for me. The end.