Voyage Au Centre de La Terre
Ratings117
Average rating3.7
Once again Verne makes use of fainting as a means to gloss over the details of difficult transitions in the action. Oh well, it's still captivating and fun to read.
Reads like an ordinary tale of two people going into a volcano which supposedly could give them access to the center of the earth. It may sound wondrous, but it is basically o journal log with detailed descriptions of geology and geography.
This book made me feel agoraphobic...in a good way. Tim Curry's narration was sublime, as usual.
Most of the book described what the explorers saw and was thinking at the time. Not a lot of dialog.
The original idea for the book is probably why it is considered a classic!
Rent the 1959 movie with the same title with James Mason & Pat Boone, Seen it in 59 and still watch it at least once a year. David N.
If I was to compare this to other books of today then I would give it three stars but since it's a classic and usually don't like classics, this is worth 4 stars. If you like adventure, geology, and paleontology then you'll like this quick read. The author was obviously a very smart man as well as imaginative to be able to come up with this story without any books or movies in his time to help give him ideas!
