Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

Herman Melville : Moby Dick Or The Whale by Herman Melville, Herman Melville

81 reviews

oftalone90's review against another edition

1.5

challenging tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Not sure what Miss Honey was thinking letting Matilda read this tome….
It’s BIZARRE.
Melville’s style switches, Jekyll and Hyde-esque. There are the parts that tell the story of the hunt for Moby Dick (which are well written, few and far between and odd. If I’d have been told Melville was on hallucinogenic drugs when writing these bits, I wouldn’t be surprised) and then there are the parts that would be better placed in a non-chron about whales. Who cares about cetology, or fossils, or why sperm whales are called sperm whales? 
I only got through this book by listening to it on The Big Read. I’d never have made it through if I actually had to read it all. Chop out the unnecessary bits and it would be less than 200 pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

the whale only appears in the last 3 chapters!

isabella_reads's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism

krista_lm's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism

mindins's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Minor: Racism, Cannibalism

franzi_m's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 61%

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The whale hunting was described in all its brutality, which I found quite disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood

theologize's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous challenging 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood

ccpetrikas's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous informative tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Medical content, Cannibalism, Alcohol

Minor: Antisemitism, Grief

voilajean's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Racism

Moderate: Death, Racial slurs, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry

Minor: Antisemitism

catmisae's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Racism