intern_georgia 's review for:

Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville

2.0

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Call me irritated. If this had been a cohesive narrative, it would have been genuinely enjoyable. As it is, a mix of the actual story, random monologues, Ishmael’s personal take on literally everything to do with whales and whaling, monologues and seeming stage directions peppered throughout make it a maddening and frustrating read. And that’s if you decide to give the mind-blowing 19th century racism a free pass. Best thing about the book is Ishmael’s overt crush on Qeequeg and the uninterrupted homoeroticism.