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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Call me procrastinator - it's taken me years to finally get around to reading this classic, but classic it is. While I might wish Melville had a better editor, this is truly a detailed work into the life of whaling. Whole chapters are dedicated simply to the terminology or techniques involved,...” see full review » see other reviews » |
Didn’t Like It2 of 3 members found this review helpful “There's a whale, it's white and elusive, and there are some guys chasing it in a boat. There's a captain too. I think he's scary. For most of the book they talk a lot about the whale and the biology of the whale, and different parts of the whale like blubber and baleen and stuff and what they are...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Tough to read. It may be an American classic, but I still wouldn't recommend it.”
Frank C wrote this review 8 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Good so far...”
Anthony V wrote this review 2 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Such a pleasure and a surprise to read it after 10 years and still find it quite extraordinary!”
Alina B wrote this review 3 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i like this story, my cousin too.”
Annie D wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“usually exciting”
sarah a wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“no comment.. I just did it, that's all that can be said. ”
Fraanktinator wrote this review 12 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Wow, is this an overhyped piece of sh*t.
Philip M wrote this review 5 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I don't suggest reading it. If someone
were to break into my home, this would be
the first book on my shelf I'd choose to
throw at them or beat them with. I
would gladly take back the time I spent
reading this book to do anything else.
If I go camping I will take this with me
in case I run out of toilet paper. I will
relish wiping my a$$ with it.”
“Ahab's speeches are the finest things an American has ever written outside of Lincoln's speeches and some chapters of the Federalist Papers. I listen to this book recurrently on my mp3 player at work. Can't praise it too much.”
Ry R wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was the fourth and last book I had to read for AP Lit for the Summer. Although Melville had a nice language in his writing style, I thought this book was extremely dull and lethargic. Some of the passages were really gripping and I enjoyed the symbolism, but overall it was too boring for my taste. Honestly, throughout the book, I had to remind myself to pay attention and to eventually take notes on things. I hopefully will have a better appreciation of the story when we re-read it with Ms. Ryan in the Winter, but as for now, I really did not like this story. It was just too dry for me, and did not have any sort of "life-changing" elements that made it stick out from other stories. ”
NICOLAS V wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I had to read Moby Dick by Herman Melville for part of my AP Literature summer assignment. With very little time to read the book (because I was required to read several other books this summer), I definitely didn't comprehend the full meaning of the novel. Moby Dick is considered The Great American Novel, but I don't think I read it carefully enough to uncover the reasons behind its name. Moby Dick begins with the famous line, "Call me Ishmael." On a very basic level, Moby Dick is an epic tale of the voyage of the whaling ship, the Pequod, and its captain, Ahab, who relentlessly pursues the great Sperm Whale (Moby Dick) during a journey around the world. Before the voyage, the narrator (Ishmael), meets a harpooner named Queequeg and they sail on the Pequod together. At first, Ishmael is very scared of the 'dangerous' Queequeg, but then they become very close shipmates. Before I began reading the novel, I was terrified by the length of the of the book itself (which was about 600 pages). However, the chapters are short, which makes the book a little easier to read. It took me several days to get through, but in the end I was glad that I read "The Great American Novel". I thought the middle section of the book was rather boring because I was very interested in learning about all the parts of a whaling boat, but they end was very interesting to read. Moby Dick was a very challenging read and I would like to reread it someday to get its full meaning. ”
ARIANA L wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
