“I found Ishmael, the narrator of the story, to be a very interesting character. His apparent quiet coolness while watching as Captain Ahab hunts down and kills Moby Dick, and of course himself, (Captain Ahab) All this, while writing in his journal the story of Moby Dick and Captain Ahab. A Very wonderful story.”
“Ishmael sacrifice”
“Great book, I find myself missing Ishmael, Strubb, Starbuck, and Ahab :(”
“Fu Manchu thinks this books sucks and there she blows”
“A common theme in all of these comments is how the writing style has turned the modern reader off.Remember a few points before picking up this book, or any classic literature. It was written long ago. The style is not going to be the easily accessible Grisham, King, Koontz prose that modern readers are used to.Classic books tend to get long winded. Modern readers have been trained by movies and television to quickly form a scene in the imagination using only basic script like description. Readers from the 19th century may have been learning about the books' subject matter for the first time. In this case, they may have never even heard of a whale until now.Too often, we have been tasked with this kind of reading and just want to get it over with, or we feel the need to tackle a classic novel for the sake of intellectual pursuits. When reading books of this type, try to set aside the need to "get through another one." Read for the moment and put yourself in the day that the book was written.Simply put, pick up the book with a desire to learn the subject within. Otherwise, and I'm being serious here, get a Cliff's Notes and the story line will be as interesting.”
“I didn't like the book, as much as I thought I would. I didnt like how he described every last detail.”
“The whaling chapters were a bit of a digression but I'm glad they were there since I have no knowledge at all of whaling. Moby Dick is a great read. I especially liked the parts toward the end when the characters started having monologues. It's a very rich book and I liked reading dialogue that I've heard in movies.”
“Wait whats that, a noise in the distance, coming closer. I know what it is, a fog horn, phew I'm exhausted that was more exciting than the whole book put together.”
“Wait whats that, a noise in the distance, coming closer. I know what it is, a fog horn, phew I'm exhausted that was more exciting than the whole book put together”
“I love this book and it struck me as a thoroughly 'ecological' statement.”
