A review by emilyb775
Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer by Sena Jeter Naslund, Herman Melville

5.0

Although this book is hefty, I didn't find it difficult to find the motivation to get through it. Somewhere after the 100 page mark it turned from, "This book is alright," to "Nothing else matters except finishing this story." Some readers may be turned off by the heavy-handed political preaching, but I didn't mind because I happened to agree with the author. My only complaint would be the seemingly out-of-the-blue personality change of one of the main characters toward the end of the story. I understand why it happened, but I think that Naslund could have framed the character's development in a way that made the transformation more believable.