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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first time I read this book, I was in my twenties and I used to sit in a tree, smoking and reading and being amazed. This time, more than twenty years later, I'm only listening to the audio book. The sense of awe was slightly diminished by the mediated experience, but then again I appreciated the comic aspects a lot more, so it felt almost like a different book. Either way, this is one of my favourites. It is fantastically detailed, rich in texture and histological insights, and best of all, it's stuffed full of insane madman quotes. "From Hell's heart I stab at thee!" to name but one.
adventurous
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
After a long talk with the comrades I call my classmates, I have been convinced that Moby Dick deserves at least four stars on Goodreads.
The main issue that I have with the novel is the filler. I can't seem to let that go. Although the plot is solid, I believe that some parts are better than others, and things that don't necessarily tie back to the plot are somewhat loose.
What I do appreciate is the book as a whole and the overall idea that chasing something through blind faith fails in comparison to actual knowledge. Ishmael is blessed with the opportunity of life that the Rachel has given him. May Ishmael bask in the life that he is granted, not in the obsessions lost forever in the vastness of the sea.
The main issue that I have with the novel is the filler. I can't seem to let that go. Although the plot is solid, I believe that some parts are better than others, and things that don't necessarily tie back to the plot are somewhat loose.
What I do appreciate is the book as a whole and the overall idea that chasing something through blind faith fails in comparison to actual knowledge. Ishmael is blessed with the opportunity of life that the Rachel has given him. May Ishmael bask in the life that he is granted, not in the obsessions lost forever in the vastness of the sea.
adventurous
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first 30% and last 15% of this book are great and very entertaining, but the middle was such a drag to get through and did not have me excited to read at all.
adventurous
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A deeply beautiful book; first a hymn to the whale and whaling, and second a narrative akin to Shakespearian tragedy and Greek myth.
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Herman Melville wanted to fuck a whale SOOO bad and made it everyone else’s problem. Had to Google why anyone even likes this book, let alone reveres it as a literary classic. “The way the book doesn’t have typical story elements” BLAH BLAH BLAH. I could appreciate a different writing style but when there’s no story to even TELL you’re just wasting my time. I hated this book more than any other book ever. Suffered through with slight glimpses of entertainment that never lasted longer than a chapter. This book is an encyclopedia on whales.