Michael Strogoff - Thoughts

Recently read "Michael Strogoff", so I decided to open a post about it. I'm eager to hear your thoughts of the story. In my opinion, the ending is very optimistic, just as many other Verne book, however, I think, if Strogoff really went blind, the story would be better. I'm not saying this beacuse I didn't like Michael, but I believe that this book should have meant to be a "sad" one, just like "Family Without a Name". Among many happy ending book, Verne should have really kept Michale as a blind person, but it's just my thoughts. Anyway, I enjoyed this little, but exciting book!