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lynxpardinus's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
reflective
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Death, Slavery, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
Minor: Antisemitism and Grief
lowpolylea's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Racial slurs, and Racism
Moderate: Child death, Cannibalism, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, and Grief
sherbertwells's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The sole survivor of a shipwreck immortalizes its ill-fated final voyage: its crew, its prey and its captain’s monomaniacal obsession with the titular white whale. Verbose and glorious, and if Melville is not quite the American Shakespeare he is something deeper altogether.
“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent for the most part, and treacherously hidden beneath the loveliest tints of azure. Consider also the devilish brilliance and beauty of many of its most remorseless tribes, as the dainty embellished shape of many species of sharks. Consider, once more, the universal cannibalism of the sea; all whose creatures prey upon each other, carrying on eternal war since the world began. Consider all this; and then turn to this green, gentle and most docile earth; consider them both, the sea and the land; and do you not find a strange analogy to something in yourself?” (283)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, and Cannibalism