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Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville

2 reviews

barnswallow8's review

4.0

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Cannibalism

moonbasket's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark reflective 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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I was surprised how much I truly enjoyed reading this book. It was funny and sad and ironic. The story is very compelling, but the organizational structure is lacking. The tangential chapters about whaling history and religion are important to setting the scene of the story and putting the events into context, but I wish Melville had organized them differently and paced the story better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Classism