civilsavage247 's review for:

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

5.0

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Words can't tell you how much I loved this book, and I am ashamed it has taken me this long to read it, although that is probably a good thing. Melville's novel is layered...very, VERY layered. Want to know in-depth about various whales? It's there. Want to read luscious, visual, heart-wrenching prose? Moby Dick is absolutely covered in it, and is probably the most beautifully-worded novel I have ever read. Religion? Melville covers various aspects of several religions, mostly Christianity, and there are numerous references to Jonah (of course). History? Moby Dick is based on several different historical whales of massive size. Again- I could go on and on and STILL come nowhere near telling you how great this book is. I absolutely love it and am honestly glad I was able to wait and read it and appreciate it instead of having it "assigned" to me in a literary course. This is an adventure. An epic. An odyssey. It truly, without a doubt, is an absolute masterpiece and I cannot encourage you enough to read it.