This shit is so boring it's unreal
>>24824305Well a woman did come up with it and Verne was on a tight schedule to write up more. So these early pulps weren't high art but concepts to tickle the imagination
>>24824305Journey to the center of the earth was better.
yeah that's what you get for having OCD and reading books written in old-english, instead of reading new stuff which is arguably much more readable and entertaining
>>24824305My 12 year old son just read it and said he liked it. Maybe it's a skill issue for you?
>>24824305I remember watching the movie in the back seat on road trips and I always fell asleep 20 minutes in, I can't imagine reading the book.
Bunch of zoomers in this thread
>>24824305I thought so too when I read it in middle school
>>24824305yep, it's the only verne's book I coudn't finish reading (read like 7 so far). the biology infodumps are abhorrent and nothing really happens.
>>24824305kek i agree. i think Verne's books are mean to be read by kids when their young minds still full of wonder
>>24824305The part where the native shoots the rare mollusc or whatever out of his hand was pretty funny.
>>24824305It starts getting fun when you completely skip the parts where he names and describes fishes.
>>24824305I read it in second grade. Skill issue on your part.
