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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it, either. The plot was interesting. Parts of the whaling encyclopedia were interesting. Alas, I feel like I lost some bits of the plot because I sort of glazed over during the whaling bits.
Also, it feels like SO MUCH happened in the last dozen chapters that I have to point out that pacing. :-p And then.... it's over. The end.
Hogwarts - A History: Read a book that intimidates you.
Also, it feels like SO MUCH happened in the last dozen chapters that I have to point out that pacing. :-p And then.... it's over. The end.
Hogwarts - A History: Read a book that intimidates you.
Essential reading.
“And damn me, Ahab, but thou attest right; live in the game, and die in it!”
“And damn me, Ahab, but thou attest right; live in the game, and die in it!”
Call me Bored. Another book for the "Never Read Again" shelf.
110 days later and I have finally finished this book.
What I (now) know:
Killing whales is bad
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Do I recommend this too long and outrageously boring book? Absolutely not. Why tf did middle school me want to read this and why is this on my stupid Top 100 Books Scratchoff poster?? I really do need answers. And my time back. And the $5 I spent on this book.
Rating: 1 star
What I (now) know:
Killing whales is bad
Starbucks
Do I recommend this too long and outrageously boring book? Absolutely not. Why tf did middle school me want to read this and why is this on my stupid Top 100 Books Scratchoff poster?? I really do need answers. And my time back. And the $5 I spent on this book.
Rating: 1 star
this book is so long. and i didnt like reading it but something i learned was that the sea changes people and you can die from many different things being a whaler.
The first time I read this book, I didn't like it. The second time I read it, I was completely in love with it. If you've only read it once, and didn't like it, please give it another try.
I remember this being required reading when I was in high school, but after listening to the book again as an adult I wonder what exactly I read as a kid. I don't remember 90% of this book. But I have learned that if you want to learn everything there is to know about the whaling industry in the 1800/1900's, Moby Dick is your story. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) the audio version I had was a bad copy with lots of skips and stutters which caused me sometimes skip through chapters. At 135 chapters (plus intro and epilogue) it made for a long slog.
Required reading Moby Dick may have been for me as a kid, I can't envision any of today's kids being able to tolerate an hour of the story. I'm an avid reader and it was hard to me!
Required reading Moby Dick may have been for me as a kid, I can't envision any of today's kids being able to tolerate an hour of the story. I'm an avid reader and it was hard to me!
DNF page 200-something. This isn't a review; it's only a brief rant.
Melville drones. A lot. I get that this book has become canon, but honestly, how did it get there? Yes, there's metaphors and stuff that English profs and majors supposedly like. But as someone who has studied literature and writing and is herself a graduate of an English program . . . Melville desperately needed an editor.
Speaking of editors, whoever did the notes for the BN edition was sloppy. There are two Lazaruses (Lazari?) in the Bible: the dude Jesus resurrected, and the other one everyone—including our dear BN editor—forgets, i.e. the one who is associated with gates and Heaven (Luke 16:19-31).
Melville drones. A lot. I get that this book has become canon, but honestly, how did it get there? Yes, there's metaphors and stuff that English profs and majors supposedly like. But as someone who has studied literature and writing and is herself a graduate of an English program . . . Melville desperately needed an editor.
Speaking of editors, whoever did the notes for the BN edition was sloppy. There are two Lazaruses (Lazari?) in the Bible: the dude Jesus resurrected, and the other one everyone—including our dear BN editor—forgets, i.e. the one who is associated with gates and Heaven (Luke 16:19-31).