5.67k reviews for:

Moby Dick

Herman Melville

3.4 AVERAGE

muck0009's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jrgryphon's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lrainer's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mythaster's review against another edition

4.0

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First read: March 10, 2014
Second read: November 7, 2016

technopond_dweller's review against another edition

5.0

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What a summer! This took me all summer to read but I feel so happy that I went the distance. The prose is beautiful and the climatic conclusion actually made my heart pound. I might actually re-read this some day.

pavonini's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous informative tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I wasn't expecting to love this as much as I did. What a ride!

maartje_volder's review against another edition

3.0

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I usually like to read classics, because they usually are classics for a reason. In this case, I would recommend anybody to just get an abridged version. I think if you slim this story down to just the story, it is just a 100 pages long. There are so many sidesteps, so many elaborations, and a bit of the information is a tad outdated.

beng622's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

buddhafish's review against another edition

5.0

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Finally. The heaviest book I have ever read for sure. Reading this is tough and definitely, in the middle, becomes a non-fiction book about whales and whaling itself. So much information. The way in which he relates everything back to myth and legends and history is remarkable - almost Sebald like. For that, Melville is a genius. It is an utterly monolithic novel.

And, the ending is one of the greatest I've ever read.

Again, with the word I love. But this is a masterpiece. Glad to have finally read it.

tgreen04's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes