This book helped me get through a long plane trip. It's quite interesting, and informative about typical Victorian worldviews and ideas. 3 stars due to the fact that Phileas Fogg is, in my opinion, a poor character. He appears to have no flaws at all, except a penchant for resorting to immoral and illegal means of winning his bet or defending his honor. And all of these questionable doings are presented as justifiable, which sets a poor example especially for younger readers.