A review by wampusreynolds
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville

5.0

This book is GOD.

This book is five stars; there just are 1 star, 2 star, or 3 star people looking at it and rating themselves.

Sure, there are chapters that examine a whale more than I wanted to read -the one about the skin was INSANELY aggravating. But you know what? That's my PROBLEM. This was written in the point-of-view of a lone survivor of a whale ship that was taken down by a BADASS WHITE WHALE WITH HARPOONS AND LANCES STICKING OUT OF IT! Of course he's obsessed with every aspect of the thing that rocked his world!

Sure, Melville uses the "not un-" form to the extreme. Herman, you can say "it is remarkable." You don't have to say "it is not unremarkable," we'll understand. But again, this book approaches the sublime more than other book ever, so it was meant to be.

I've never laughed more reading a book thank this one. I teared up reading Queequeg's death bed scene. I went to pre-Civil War America and maritime industry and learned something about myself.

Hast thou seen the white whale? Or did you see your own foibles and weaknesses? I saw both. And this difficult gigantic beast of a book made me see them.
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