Reviews of Moby Dick

I'm easily distracted. Yesterday, looking through the free ebooks on a website, I noticed the classic Moby Dick was one of the offerings. Then I noticed the average rating - four stars. Assuming many people had awarded the coveted five star rating, I became curious (i.e., sidetracked). So I read the narratives accompanying the one and two star ratings. It's easy to make me smile, but takes some effort ot make the laugh aloud. These reviews did it! Obviously some of the reviewers read Moby Dick as a school assignment--and they were annoyed mostly by the book's length. Along with the usual complaints about lack of plot, too much description, and difficulty following the action, one comment totally captivated me. The second most boring book I've ever read, the reviewer said. I spent far too much time wondering what took first prize. The Scarlet Letter? A Tale of Two Cities? It's a mystery I cannot solve. Oh, yeah, now back to what I was doing before I saw Moby DIck on the freebie list...