The African Queen
by C. S. Forester
Taste attributes: adventureromancewarhistoricalheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questunlikely connectionshuman spirit/resilience/survival
Boxlist takeA grounded, sweeping adventure novel: moving and heavy. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
About This Book
Thrown together at the outset of World War I, the spinster sister of a British missionary and derelict captain of the launch, The African Queen, determine to pilot the boat down an unchartered river in an effort to destroy a German gunboat. Setting: German East Africa in 1914.
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- Author
- C. S. Forester
- Published
- 1935
- Pages
- 198
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- Source
- Open Library
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