El desarrollo del personaje está muy bien llevado a cabo. ( )

The more I read of Conrad, the less impressed I am with his actual word-by-word, sentence-by-sentence writing. Yes, he came to England and learned the language as a teen. But his command of the language is not totally solid and he uses a lot of words incorrectly or just plain makes them up (often based upon his learning French first and making too many baseless assumptions about the connections between the languages). That said, there is always a lot to unpack, he is a clever and wise writer, and his characters are always fascinating, as are his observations about people and their interactions with others. A good book but not as great as I had expected. ( )

This book started off at a painfully slow pace but once a terrorist bomb was set off in the heart of London the pace really picked up and the characters started dropping like flies making for an overall pretty interesting read. ( )

I am beginning to think Joseph Conrad's books are less to do with the plot and more to do with the characters and their internalities of the world. Still, it was enjoyable enough to finish as his writing is well suited for this - lyrical long form sentences intimately outlining each character's worldview and motivations. Though, for someone like myself it took a bit of time at first to getting used to reading this style. I am more interested in the plot however, so I didn't gain as much benefit. But I definitely don't regret my decision in reading. Especially since it being a short and free read. ( )

Reason Read: 1001, TBR/ROOT
This book was written in 1906 by Joseph Conrad. Its themes are terrorism/anarchism, politics.Sounds like today doesn't it? It was set in London in 1886. Anarchism is a unified organization but a collection of ideas on rejection of government and authority. The character Adolf Verloc is a spy living in London. His front is London shopkeeper. The anarchist are Michaelis who spent time in prison and really isn't much danger in any way, Comrade Ossipon, and "The Professor". Although largely ineffectual as terrorists, their actions are known to the police. The group produces anarchist literature. The story explores the lone anarchist, the bomb maker as the extreme form. This type abandons conventional morality and are not constrained by morality or social order. It shows that the ones hurt by political violence are the innocent and another point in the book is that anarchists and the legal authority are two sides of the same coin. ( )