A review by bethhthelibrarian
And the Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness

3.0

I have read the entirety of Moby Dick twice. I didn't love it. I went into this book by Patrick Ness hoping I could get something else out of a reverse-Moby Dick story. I don't think I got it. I get the plot--the pod of whales hunting men. I think this whole thing kind of felt like a heavy handed approach at how we can never truly understand our enemies and we should listen to our instincts about what is right and wrong and true. The illustrations were beautiful and haunting. Maybe I'm not meant to love books about whales.