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lesyich's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
angherr2009's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Let me preface this by saying that I like whales. I have read 'In the Heart of the Sea', which partly inspired Melville to write 'Moby Dick.' I absolutely enjoyed 'In the Heart of the Sea,' and I absolutely loathed 'Moby Dick.'
This felt like I was being told 25% a story and 75% the long-winded and unnecessary tangents from someone who can't take the hint that NO ONE CARES.
I can slightly understand the literary merit this book holds but it's not enough to make it interesting or redeemable.
This felt like I was being told 25% a story and 75% the long-winded and unnecessary tangents from someone who can't take the hint that NO ONE CARES.
I can slightly understand the literary merit this book holds but it's not enough to make it interesting or redeemable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death and Racial slurs
msjenne's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry
frostlywild17's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
It only took me 5 weeks, but I was finally able to get through this book. I genuinely think Moby Dick is a good book, but geez the tedium! I found it extremely difficult to get through, not only because of the encyclopaedia-like chapters on everything cetology, but also because it's written in an archaic style with archaic language and lots of references to Western culture that makes it hard to follow. We don't see much of the narrator, Ishmael once the actual whaling voyage begins, except when he pops in to lecture the reader about whales and other whaling-related topics. There are several good bits in this book, but most of the time I found myself struggling to understand what was going on in each scene.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
sherbertwells's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The sole survivor of a shipwreck immortalizes its ill-fated final voyage: its crew, its prey and its captain’s monomaniacal obsession with the titular white whale. Verbose and glorious, and if Melville is not quite the American Shakespeare he is something deeper altogether.
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure. Consider also the devilish brilliance and beauty of many of its most remorseless tribes, as the dainty embellished shape of many species of sharks. Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea; all whose creatures prey upon each other, carrying on eternal war since the world began. Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself?” (283)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, and Cannibalism
yavin_iv's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gore, Racism, Xenophobia, and Mental illness
Moderate: Racial slurs and Medical trauma
Minor: Antisemitism and Cannibalism
isabeldotml's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
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