I decided to try this book out because it was something I had heard about but didn't really know much about. I was expecting a bit more of an adventure, but once I got past the detached narration I was able to cheer for the main characters and follow along without dragging my feet.

I felt like the writing was too arrogant for my taste. It sounded too highbrow despite the fun tone behind it, so it took me a while to get into the story because of that. I also didn't like how detached it was from Mr. Fogg, reporting his trip from everyone else's point of view but his own. The perfect gentleman was boring to read about, and his behaviour became obvious soon enough so that left no room for surprise. At least the other characters made up for his flatness, but I wish Fix didn't end up the way he did because his reasons were still valid.

I also didn't like the intro paragraphs to each chapter, as I felt it sort of spoiled the events, but after a while I learned to either ignore them or pay little attention to the words.

Because I wasn't too familiar with the story, once I got to the end where they apparently end up missing the deadline I wondered if that really was the case (and Mr. Fogg ended up learning something from the experience) or if they were mistaken, and I was glad for the outcome - except for the marriage. I felt romance wasn't hinted at much throughout the story, and it felt so contrived to have it end in happy marriage when there was nothing building up to that point.

Being a classic, the plot style didn't surprise or disappoint me so I wasn't left with too bad of an impression from the story. So much more could've happened, but Passepartout's shenanigans did give a bit of fun to the story and that kept me flipping the pages to find out whether the bet was going to be won or not.