Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters – with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and the brutish Yahoos – give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift’s savage satire view mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

I gotta admit that this book didn’t work for me, even thou I read a lot of good things about this book on Goodreads. But after reading this book I need to say that this book is slightly overhyped for me personally. 

This book has a intriguing premise for the plot. Since we follow the main characters’s fantastical in a way voyages to really weird and strange places and we get to see his encounters with some very strange societies which would make the FreeMasons blush if they read this book. 

But after having read this book, I need to be honest here and say that the plot felt very tedious and overly lengthy. Because it would drag a lot at times because of the very long elaborate descriptions and intricate political commentary. Which really made take a few breaks from this book while reading it. 

At times the plot comes off as convoluted and detracting because of the narrative’s overdone enjoyment of the plot in this book.

There are times when this book feels very heavy-handed and preachy because of all the critiques about human nature and society the plot chimes with every so often. And because of this, the book feels like it is trying to give moral lessons to the readers.

As I’ve said above, this book has a tendency to drag a lot at times, which really makes the book feel boring and uninteresting. Thats what happened to me while reading this book.

The characters in this book aren’t as good as I expected them to be. The reason why I’m saying this is because I felt like all of the characters in this book were simply tools for the authors ideas for how the book should be like rather than the characters having their own personalities and having things which would make them relatable to the readers. 

I Give This Book 1 / 5