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A review by brinastewart
Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale by Herman Melville
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This book started off well. I was into the story and writing. However, as it went on Melville went off on trails of telling me all about whales: species, the best parts to sell of and what they were used for, as well as random people's stories from boats they met at sea. It became really boring and diffficult to pay attention to the further along I read.
Ahab, our 'main character', the one everyone knows in this book, was missing in the majority of it... he maybe was in 10% of the whole book.
The good news is at about 85% the story gets interesting again and easier to keep up with through the end.
I would say you are safe reading the abridged version of this book because let's face it... you won't remember all the random stories or whale information anyway.
Ahab, our 'main character', the one everyone knows in this book, was missing in the majority of it... he maybe was in 10% of the whole book.
The good news is at about 85% the story gets interesting again and easier to keep up with through the end.
I would say you are safe reading the abridged version of this book because let's face it... you won't remember all the random stories or whale information anyway.