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kaitlinmcnabb 's review for:
Moby-Dick
by Herman Melville
This is a book I kind of can't believe I read all the way through because (1) it is suuuper long and (2) it is incredibly dense.
For all the parts I "suffered through" I really did appreciate the in depth, almost technical writing about whaling and fishing, as it is a completely foreign topic to me, and Melville's very real and interesting characters -- (obviously) flawed, tragic, smart.
I think what I will always remember about this read, besides its length and technical detail, is (1) the chapter where Melville describes all the whales and (2) the tiny, tiny breathtaking chapter at the end that describes the boat as all the start appear in the sky and the whales breach around them.
There is some truly astounding writing in this book, if you can make it through, that is.
For all the parts I "suffered through" I really did appreciate the in depth, almost technical writing about whaling and fishing, as it is a completely foreign topic to me, and Melville's very real and interesting characters -- (obviously) flawed, tragic, smart.
I think what I will always remember about this read, besides its length and technical detail, is (1) the chapter where Melville describes all the whales and (2) the tiny, tiny breathtaking chapter at the end that describes the boat as all the start appear in the sky and the whales breach around them.
There is some truly astounding writing in this book, if you can make it through, that is.