Reviews tagging 'Cultural appropriation'

Moby Dick; or, the White Whale by Herman Melville

5 reviews

happysoullovesyou's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

No plot, just vibes. I would have rated this even lower if it weren’t for the fact the book is kinda gay, and it has lots of info on whales. But a lot of the info is also about hunting whales :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Classism, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, and Xenophobia

Minor: Mental illness and Religious bigotry

ran_sophia's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.0

The author has put some nice ideas in the book, but he buried them under a pile of descriptive text, which did not have to be there in such quantities. The only positive thing was the great quality and elaboration of the audiobook I was listening to. I had to put that physical book away and it was unreadable. I finished a book, thanks of that audiobook. Overall, the book did not read me well and was sometimes lifeless and tedious to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal cruelty, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Religious bigotry and Cultural appropriation

Minor: Alcohol

abomine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Cultural appropriation, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Cannibalism

thetatteredowl's review against another edition

I'm not going to be the person that's like 'classic book bad actually'. This book was very difficult to get into, but once I was settled I found it was enjoyable, albeit very slow. Gave up once I realised I was reading it for the sake of reading it, instead of reading it because I liked it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cultural appropriation, and Animal death

Minor: Racism and Xenophobia

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Racism, and Religious bigotry