Reviews

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

bookhails's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

emmareids's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

carouselbuckets's review against another edition

3.0

It takes patience to kill a whale...or to read this book. The parts with a plot weren’t bad (first 100ish pages, some parts in middle, last 100ish pages), rest was random.

isabellesbooks's review against another edition

1.5

I’m sorry. I wanted to love this so bad, but I can’t remember the last time I’ve been this bored IN MY LIFE. This entire book is just hundreds of pages of a dude on a boat talking. I committed hard to finishing it, but I am so relieved to be done reading...

deeeeeeee's review against another edition

challenging

3.5

eskaywai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

4.5 ⭐️

my goodness, that was a journey.

it’s not a true 5 because there was so much blatant racism in it (for the time it was published, i can understand. it doesn’t justify it though.)

but WOW. i mean wow. i’ve seen so many people hate on this book saying it’s a pain to get through, but i genuinely have no idea what y'all are talking about. i just read a million pages of whale trivia and a crazy captain with a lust for revenge, and i ENJOYED IT? i mean that’s a talented author right there. and it was written in the most poetic and interesting and even, at times, hilarious way. 

this is certainly a must read. i understand why some call it one of the best books ever written now. i’m convinced that the people who disliked it either read it for school, or don’t have a large enough vocabulary. 

i’m a whale nerd now. i love whales you guys. fun fact: whales are really cool.

also another fun fact: starbucks (the coffee place) is named after the character mr starbuck from this book :)

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Content Warnings

Minor: Racism

ellieg2604's review against another edition

adventurous informative inspiring slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This is actually a pretty decent book. I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. It was a little hard to get through and hard to keep track of what was going on. But still pretty good. 

tberg42's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

geriatricgretch's review against another edition

4.0

I honestly can’t believe I finished it! Mostly read along with Whale Weekly (though you can see I wrapped up early). This novel was thoroughly unexpected in many ways. 

emily_morgan's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0