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

4.0

Weird and spectacular, but naturally suffers from the issues most pre-1920s books do - turgid in many places, and often goes on tangents that drown the main narrative, until collapsing into the mayhem of the last 40 or so pages. Great book, surprisingly readable for being 150 years old, but aside from a brilliant opening and a great end, the centre is tough to chew, let alone digest