Mel’s Reviews > 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and other Classic Novels > Status Update

I love Nemo’s optimism but get the feeling he’s also batshit crazy. I barely remember the movie as a kid. The things that stand out are the Whale of a Tale song (which is an absolute banger btw) and the scenes of the kelp forests. Also a bomb??? Curious to see where this goes and how those clips fit into the book plot. The intro by Bradbury compared Nemo to Ahab. Soooo my money is on CRAZY.

As a huge lover of maritime disaster stories and science fiction, I cannot believe I’ve never sat down and actually read this book. I’ve seen the Disney adaptation a million times, but I’ve never gone back to the source material. Adulthood really is just rectifying the mistakes of our youth. 😮‍💨

The 14 page introduction by Bradbury has already made this $7.00 book more than worth it. I have literal actual tears in my eyes. How is his work so blunt but somehow also deeply descriptive and poetic? It contradicts itself. He was brilliant. Okay, I’ll focus on Verne now.