crankylibrarian 's review for:

Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville

5.0

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I had to be dragged kicking and screaming to this novel. I couldn't believe I would want to spend a a year reading about an all-male group of misfit sailors who spend their days killing and processing whales. Was I ever wrong. This is one of the creepiest, funniest, most beautifully written, thoughtful and gripping books I have ever read; its reputation as the Great American Novel is well-deserved.