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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Funny story about this book. I wrote a research paper my junior year of high school about the religious symbolism in Moby-Dick and got an A. I never read the book. I tried. I really did but everytime I sat down to read, I never got past "Call me Ishmale" without falling asleep. So finally after months of attempting to read this book, I broke down and got the Cliff's Notes, but I had the same problem - I would open them up and automatically fall asleep. So, while I have never actually read this book, I still regard it as a literary great. The reading of "Moby-Dick" has become my own "white whale."
An incredibly modern book with its tons of layers and references, often even infuriatingly so, but never less than fascinating.
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My boyfriend read this book and told me half of it is really good and half of it is whale facts
a Classic among classics, on the short list of the best American literary fiction of all time.
An active, fascinating and superbly boring at times book, which had me both completely immersed in the adventure and absent in a seventh tab of unrelated stories. Loved it.
Wow this had a lot of depth to it. The story about a young author joining a whaling expedition quickly turns into a metaphor for the extent man is whiling to go to settle a score and prove a point. Melville does a great job layering great characters, places and imagery along the way. It's a long read but a great one for the next time you're on a cruise or boat trip ;)
have been starting and stopping this book every time I visit my dad's house for years... am hoping to finally finish it this year.