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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
Man vs nature, con certi picchi omoerotici non indifferenti.
E comunque dopo aver affrontato Moby Dick sono giunta alla conclusione che la diceria secondo cui le donne portassero sfortuna sulle navi sia stata creata dalle donne stesse. Anch'io farei di tutto per evitare dei mesi passati in mezzo al mare e alla noia e a uomini fissati con i capodogli.
Però Melville scrive bene.
E comunque dopo aver affrontato Moby Dick sono giunta alla conclusione che la diceria secondo cui le donne portassero sfortuna sulle navi sia stata creata dalle donne stesse. Anch'io farei di tutto per evitare dei mesi passati in mezzo al mare e alla noia e a uomini fissati con i capodogli.
Però Melville scrive bene.
It's a lot funnier than one would think, though with exactly as much whale facts.
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
In lieu of a tweet-length review, I just wish I knew how much friendlier this was than the other Big Books of the canon. The short chapters are so elegant and varied and when something lags...you just skip it, or use Power Moby Dick to double check it. It's a great way to use the distraction machine in your pocket against itself.
The only friendlier Big Book that comes to mind is probably Middlemarch, or maybe Midnight's Children? Like those books, there's just an absolute joy in language here that is unmatched by 99.9999% of what you read, and allows for some total clunker pages to sit amongst the whole as monuments to my masochism towards Melville. By clunkers, I probably mean chapters where Ahab monologues, but I definitely don't mean "Cetalogy," which I utterly loved, and I definitely don't mean "A Squeeze of the Hand," which is one of the greatest chapters in all of literature.
The only friendlier Big Book that comes to mind is probably Middlemarch, or maybe Midnight's Children? Like those books, there's just an absolute joy in language here that is unmatched by 99.9999% of what you read, and allows for some total clunker pages to sit amongst the whole as monuments to my masochism towards Melville. By clunkers, I probably mean chapters where Ahab monologues, but I definitely don't mean "Cetalogy," which I utterly loved, and I definitely don't mean "A Squeeze of the Hand," which is one of the greatest chapters in all of literature.
Esta fue una lectura obligatoria para la universidad. Todo lo que aprendà sobre ballenas fue contra mi voluntad.
challenging
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
adventurous
challenging
funny
inspiring
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes