Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

I don't know what i expected of Jules Verne but it wasn't that. Hollywood adaptations has turned Verne into a shallow adventure writer, when i've never come across such a well researched work. It was very impressive, from the history, geography, physics and marine biology written in this book, everything i searched was accurate. This book was more of a journal of travels than an adventure book, where i got to learn about every corner of the world (except the then undiscovered ones, where Verne's imagination was quite interesting). Then there's Captain Nemo, the actual hero of this story.

Turns out there was a book released about him before this one, so i will have to read that. But coming in blind like the narrator and trying to figure out Captain Nemo, i loved the mystery even if not much is answered. I just know that i empathize with this man's hatred of the so called “civilized world”.

I'll end it with this quote from him:

«Je suis le droit, je suis la justice ! me dit-il. Je suis l'opprimé, et voilà l'oppresseur ! C'est par lui que tout ce que j'ai aimé, chéri, vénéré, patrie, femme, enfants, mon père, ma mère, j'ai vu tout périr ! Tout ce que je hais est là ! Taisez-vous ! »