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houseren's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
informative
tense
slow-paced
What a book. I tried to read this once as a child, once as a teen, and now as an adult I’ve finally vanquished my white whale. But still only on audiobook. It’s a slog to get through, but now that I’ve finished it I feel very fond of it. Melville just wanted to list everything white he could think of and how he felt about it, go on a rant about how everyone else is wrong about whales and only his opinion (that they’re fish) matters, and convince people that whalers are actually the most noble sailors and Americans are the best at it. And honestly king. I can’t label this with stars because I wish I could give it 5 and 1 at the same time. My new white whale is still this book, but in print instead of audio.
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Graphic: Racism
mittland's review against another edition
5.0
this book helped me realize that everything we know is fake and unreal and made up and that made me a lot happier & now i don't fear big, old books written by dusty white guys
geoffreyd123's review against another edition
3.0
Could have used a bit of an edit. Was rooting for the whale.
hannah_hxh's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
katenbooks's review against another edition
4.0
honestly this kinda slapped i can see why y’all like it