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A Whale for the Killing
A heart-wrenching true tale of cruelty towarda trapped 80-ton Fin Whale and the courage of the author in trying to save her.
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First published January 1, 1972
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Farley Mowat
117 books646 followersFarley McGill Mowat was a conservationist and one of Canada's most widely-read authors.
Many of his most popular works have been memoirs of his childhood, his war service, and his work as a naturalist. His works have been translated into 52 languages and he has sold more than 14 million books.
Mowat studied biology at the University of Toronto. During a field trip to the Arctic, Mowat became outraged at the plight of the Ihalmiut, a Caribou Inuit band, which he attributed to misunderstanding by whites. His outrage led him to publish his first novel, People of the Deer (1952). This book made Mowat into a literary celebrity and was largely responsible for the shift in the Canadian government's Inuit policy: the government began shipping meat and dry goods to a people they previously denied existed.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship RV Farley Mowat was named in honour of him, and he frequently visited it to assist its mission.
Many of his most popular works have been memoirs of his childhood, his war service, and his work as a naturalist. His works have been translated into 52 languages and he has sold more than 14 million books.
Mowat studied biology at the University of Toronto. During a field trip to the Arctic, Mowat became outraged at the plight of the Ihalmiut, a Caribou Inuit band, which he attributed to misunderstanding by whites. His outrage led him to publish his first novel, People of the Deer (1952). This book made Mowat into a literary celebrity and was largely responsible for the shift in the Canadian government's Inuit policy: the government began shipping meat and dry goods to a people they previously denied existed.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society ship RV Farley Mowat was named in honour of him, and he frequently visited it to assist its mission.
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November 6, 2010
I have been, as long as I can remember, passionate about the ocean and about whales in particular.
This book... this book left me furious, astonished, apopleptic, nearly teary-eyed, frothing with rage, and most of all ready to march up to Canada and punch the lights out of the arsewipes who killed that whale.
So there's Mowat's writing power for you. And between those moments of emotion were the peaceful bits, when beauty and hope crept back into my heart... and nope, someone in the town got a six pack and decided to go take more potshots at the poor creature; back to RageMode.
From a distance, now, I can see that this book's allure for those who don't share my semi-obsessive passion is in its portrayal of the way Mowat and his wife were ostracized by the community as a result of their actions. If that interests you, or if you're intrigued by the early days of activism, this is for you.
If you want to read something that will be incredibly cathartic, and you connect easily to stories about the ocean, this is for you.
Ah hell. Just read it. It's brilliant.
And I'm STILL friggin' pissed.
This book... this book left me furious, astonished, apopleptic, nearly teary-eyed, frothing with rage, and most of all ready to march up to Canada and punch the lights out of the arsewipes who killed that whale.
So there's Mowat's writing power for you. And between those moments of emotion were the peaceful bits, when beauty and hope crept back into my heart... and nope, someone in the town got a six pack and decided to go take more potshots at the poor creature; back to RageMode.
From a distance, now, I can see that this book's allure for those who don't share my semi-obsessive passion is in its portrayal of the way Mowat and his wife were ostracized by the community as a result of their actions. If that interests you, or if you're intrigued by the early days of activism, this is for you.
If you want to read something that will be incredibly cathartic, and you connect easily to stories about the ocean, this is for you.
Ah hell. Just read it. It's brilliant.
And I'm STILL friggin' pissed.
June 27, 2024
অসাধারণ, অসাধারণ...
রুপান্তর কাকে বলে,কত প্রকার ও কী কী এবং রকিব হাসান কি অবিশ্বাস্য রকম দক্ষ এই কাজে সেটা জানার জন্য এই বইটা পড়া যেতে পারে। আর গল্পটা? এটা এমন এক গল্প, যে গল্প হৃদয়ে দাগ কাটবে বহুদিনের জন্য।
রুপান্তর কাকে বলে,কত প্রকার ও কী কী এবং রকিব হাসান কি অবিশ্বাস্য রকম দক্ষ এই কাজে সেটা জানার জন্য এই বইটা পড়া যেতে পারে। আর গল্পটা? এটা এমন এক গল্প, যে গল্প হৃদয়ে দাগ কাটবে বহুদিনের জন্য।
June 9, 2019
What a tale by Canada's infamous author Farley Mowat.
Mowat, famed for his non-fictional accounts on nature, threw together a captivating story so well-written, it felt as though it was a fictional thriller. A Whale for the Killing is a heartbreaking story, pumped full of hope, sorrow, fury, and helplessness.
A Whale for the Killing is essentially the non-fictional Moby Dick. Although the book itself is short, it's scope is as massive as Moby Dick, and equally entertaining.
This book took me on an emotional roller coaster, and it's no surprise to me that Mowat was able to achieve the success he achieved with his works. He weaved together such a compelling story here that the pages turned like they might in a thriller. Only this wasn't fictional, it was very, very real. A true telling of the story of a massive mammal trapped in a pond in Burgeo, Newfoundland, and of Mowat's internal and external personal battles in a closely knit community. It told of the treacherous, evil desire of humans to maim and kill anything it sets eyes on, but also of the compassionate, empathetic will of certain people to do the right thing.
The stark contrast between good and bad in this book is what made it thrilling. But what makes it near genius is that Mowat really gets at the heart of human nature (even when he describes himself): human beings are complex, with both good and bad intentions intermingled and equally capable of shining through even our best intentions of suppressing them. He captures this beautifully.
I think that the reactions to this book might be vastly different from one reader to the next. There will be cultural factors determining whether you feel the actions of the gun-wielding men are evil or not. But for me, I felt only contempt and anger towards these men. Certainly, a part of this is the fact that I'm separated by these events by decades, which means I've been raised in a time when it's generally understood that killing whales is bad. Decades ago, much less was understood of whales and it was perhaps not as well realised the global impact killing these crucial contributors of our ecosystem could have. I also live in a country that views guns, or the use of guns outside only necessary hunting, to be confusing and irrational. In hindsight, it's easy to be angry.
That said, this book is still relevant and timely, especially with the rapid rise of global warming and the ever present extinction to which certain whale species are still exposed. With decades more knowledge and scientifically factual information on whales, it's upsetting that whaling is still prevalent in ocean waters to this day. Illegal or not, it's astonishing to me that humans seem almost irreparably ignorant to the irreversible actions of over-fishing and whaling, and of the dangers exposed to even their own human survival.
This is a cautionary tale. I would say this book is historically important to the point that it might be useful in our schools. This book should be read and understood by young people. But, more importantly, it should be read and understood by adults. The depletion of this single mammal (a mammal to whom, by the way, we share an enormous amount in common) would be catastrophic.
On Mowat's writing. Superb skill technically, and his narration is captivating. This is a book that could have been bogged down by whale facts and whaling lore (which is something Moby Dick famously suffered from) but doesn't. As much as the whale in the pond is a focal point of the narrative, this book is more about the human beings than the whale, ultimately. It's an examination of interactions between human and whale, between human and human, and between human and community.
How sad that Mowat is no longer around to tell more stories. It's a good thing his writing remains relevant. I'm heading out today to get another one of his books. I recommend you do, also.
Onwards.
Mowat, famed for his non-fictional accounts on nature, threw together a captivating story so well-written, it felt as though it was a fictional thriller. A Whale for the Killing is a heartbreaking story, pumped full of hope, sorrow, fury, and helplessness.
A Whale for the Killing is essentially the non-fictional Moby Dick. Although the book itself is short, it's scope is as massive as Moby Dick, and equally entertaining.
This book took me on an emotional roller coaster, and it's no surprise to me that Mowat was able to achieve the success he achieved with his works. He weaved together such a compelling story here that the pages turned like they might in a thriller. Only this wasn't fictional, it was very, very real. A true telling of the story of a massive mammal trapped in a pond in Burgeo, Newfoundland, and of Mowat's internal and external personal battles in a closely knit community. It told of the treacherous, evil desire of humans to maim and kill anything it sets eyes on, but also of the compassionate, empathetic will of certain people to do the right thing.
The stark contrast between good and bad in this book is what made it thrilling. But what makes it near genius is that Mowat really gets at the heart of human nature (even when he describes himself): human beings are complex, with both good and bad intentions intermingled and equally capable of shining through even our best intentions of suppressing them. He captures this beautifully.
I think that the reactions to this book might be vastly different from one reader to the next. There will be cultural factors determining whether you feel the actions of the gun-wielding men are evil or not. But for me, I felt only contempt and anger towards these men. Certainly, a part of this is the fact that I'm separated by these events by decades, which means I've been raised in a time when it's generally understood that killing whales is bad. Decades ago, much less was understood of whales and it was perhaps not as well realised the global impact killing these crucial contributors of our ecosystem could have. I also live in a country that views guns, or the use of guns outside only necessary hunting, to be confusing and irrational. In hindsight, it's easy to be angry.
That said, this book is still relevant and timely, especially with the rapid rise of global warming and the ever present extinction to which certain whale species are still exposed. With decades more knowledge and scientifically factual information on whales, it's upsetting that whaling is still prevalent in ocean waters to this day. Illegal or not, it's astonishing to me that humans seem almost irreparably ignorant to the irreversible actions of over-fishing and whaling, and of the dangers exposed to even their own human survival.
This is a cautionary tale. I would say this book is historically important to the point that it might be useful in our schools. This book should be read and understood by young people. But, more importantly, it should be read and understood by adults. The depletion of this single mammal (a mammal to whom, by the way, we share an enormous amount in common) would be catastrophic.
On Mowat's writing. Superb skill technically, and his narration is captivating. This is a book that could have been bogged down by whale facts and whaling lore (which is something Moby Dick famously suffered from) but doesn't. As much as the whale in the pond is a focal point of the narrative, this book is more about the human beings than the whale, ultimately. It's an examination of interactions between human and whale, between human and human, and between human and community.
How sad that Mowat is no longer around to tell more stories. It's a good thing his writing remains relevant. I'm heading out today to get another one of his books. I recommend you do, also.
Onwards.
October 21, 2025
মানুষ যে কতটা নীচ, জঘন্য, স্বার্থপর হতে পারে আবার অনুধাবন করলাম। পাশাপাশি মানুষ যে কতটা মহান হতে পারে সেটাও।
রকিব দার মতো এত ভালো রূপান্তর আর কারো দ্বারা সম্ভব হত না এই বইয়ের। মাস্টারপিস।
রকিব দার মতো এত ভালো রূপান্তর আর কারো দ্বারা সম্ভব হত না এই বইয়ের। মাস্টারপিস।
July 10, 2023
এত অসাধারণ একটা গল্প যা ভাষায় প্রকাশ করার মত না। চোখে পানি চলে এল তিমির কষ্টে। গল্পটা শেষ করে মনটাই খারাপ লাগছে। এত সুন্দর করে মায়ায় ভরা বর্ণনা, মনে হচ্ছিল সব চোখের সামনে দেখতে পাচ্ছি। গভীর সাগরে তিমিদের সাথে ভেসে বেড়েচ্ছি। খুবই ভালো লেগেছে বইটা৷ আমার পড়া অন্যতম সেরা একটা বই।
April 2, 2023
মানুষের মত জঘন্য প্রাণী আর কিছুই নেই। বই শেষ করে বিষণ্ণতার নরম, মায়াবী জালে আটকে পড়লাম...
November 29, 2020
Man, why didn't I read more of Mr. Mowat's book. He's Canadian AND nature lover.
I can't believe this story was first published in 1972, before I was born. What a classic! I wonder, if this incident happens in current time (2020 when I wrote this review) and main communications were not telephone or telegrams, would the whale be saved?
What a heart wrenching story.
I like this sentence, "... Whale could have smashed up our boats as easily as we would smash a couple of eggs. Considering what people had done to it, why didn't it take revenge? Or is it only mankind that takes revenge?"
Deep.
Whales are so majestic. I once saw a few humpbacks eye hopping very close to my whale watching raft. It was the best experience of all time.
Why would a human being kill such an awesome mammal? What did they do to people that we keep killing them?
I can't believe this story was first published in 1972, before I was born. What a classic! I wonder, if this incident happens in current time (2020 when I wrote this review) and main communications were not telephone or telegrams, would the whale be saved?
What a heart wrenching story.
I like this sentence, "... Whale could have smashed up our boats as easily as we would smash a couple of eggs. Considering what people had done to it, why didn't it take revenge? Or is it only mankind that takes revenge?"
Deep.
Whales are so majestic. I once saw a few humpbacks eye hopping very close to my whale watching raft. It was the best experience of all time.
Why would a human being kill such an awesome mammal? What did they do to people that we keep killing them?
September 24, 2025
#পাঠ_প্রতিক্রিয়া- ৫৩/২০২৫
তিমির প্রেম
লেখক - ফার্লে মোয়াট / রকিব হাসান
প্রকাশক - সেবা প্রকাশন
মূল্য - ১০/- টাকা।।
বছরের ৫৩ নম্বর বই, একটি অনূদিত উপন্যাস নাম তিমির প্রেম।। বইটি সম্পর্কে আমি জানতে পেরেছি, সুলেখক কৌশিক মজুমদার এর ফেসবুক পোস্ট থেকে।। তিনি এই বইটি নিয়ে ভুয়সী প্রশংসা করেছেন, সেখান থেকেই বইটি সম্পর্কে জানতে পেরে বইটি সংগ্রহে করে পড়া শুরু করেছি।।
বিখ্যাত লেখক সাংবাদিক 'ফার্লে মোয়াট' দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধের পর সামরিক বাহিনী থেকে অবসর নিয়ে শুরু করেন দেশ ভ্রমণ।। ১৯৬৭ সালে জেলেদের নিয়ে লেখার উদ্দেশ্যে সস্ত্রীক গিয়েছিলেন নিউফাউণ্ডল্যাণ্ডের দক্ষিণাংশে ছোট্ট দ্বীপপুঞ্জ বার্জিওতে।। আর এখানেই তিনি ভাগ্যচক্রেই এক দুর্লভ অভিজ্ঞতা সঞ্চয় করে বসলেন।। গিয়েছিলেন দ্বীপের মানুষকে দেখতে, তাদের কথা লিখতে।। কিন্তু সেখানে দেখা পেয়ে গেলেন বিশাল এক তিমির।। তাকে আর মানুষকে নিয়ে লিখলেন এক অসাধারণ কাহিনী, "A Whale for the Killing"।। সেই বইকে মূল ধরে নিয়ে, আর বিভিন্ন জায়গা থেকে তথ্য জোগাড় করেই 'রকিব হাসান' রচনা করেছেন আরেক অসাধারণ বই "তিমির প্রেম"।।
নিউফাউণ্ডল্যাণ্ডের দক্ষিণ প্রান্তের জনবিরল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ বার্জিও।। এখানে বসবাসকারী শতকরা একশ জনই জেলে।। গত তিন চারশো বছর ধরে এটাই তাদের পেশা।। লেখক সাংবাদিক ফার্লে মোয়াট দীর্ঘ পাঁচ বছর প্রবাসে কাটিয়ে যখন তৃতীয় বারের মতো সস্ত্রীক ফিরে এলেন এখানে থাকার জন্য, ততদিনে পাল্টে গেছে অনেক কিছুই।। ২১শে জানুয়ারি শনিবার, ১৯৬৭ সাল।। এদিন এই জনবিরল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ বার্জিওতে ঘটে গেল অভূতপূর্ব এক ঘটনা।। দুই ভাই কেনেথ হান আর ডগলাস হান মাছ ধরে এক অগভীর হ্রদ অল্ডরিজেস পণ্ডের ভেতর দিয়ে ফেরার সময় আবিষ্কার করে বসল এক ফিন হোয়েল বা ডানা তিমি আটকা পড়েছে হ্রদের পানিতে।। হ্রদের অগভীর সরু খাল দিয়ে বের হতে পারছে না এই বিশাল তিমি। বার্ট চাচা তার অভিজ্ঞতার ঝুলি থেকে জানালেন, সত্তর ফুট লম্বা আশি টন ওজনের এই ডানা তিমি একটা তিমিনী অর্থাৎ স্ত্রী তিমি এবং সে গর্ভবতী।। পূর্ণিমার ভরা-কোটালের সময় জোয়ারের পানি যখন অনেক বেড়ে গিয়েছিল তখন ঢুকে পড়েছে অল্ডরিজেস পন্ডে, কিন্তু পানি নেমে যাওয়ার পর ঐ সরু খাল দিয়ে আর বের হতে পারছে না বিশাল এই তিমিনী।। আর তিমিনীর অপেক্ষায় হদ্রের মুখের কাছেই পাক খেয়ে বেড়াচ্ছে তার সঙ্গী তিমি।। সঙ্গীনিকে দেখতে না পেয়ে গভীর বিষাদে ডেকে উঠছে বারবার।। তার সেই ডাক আর্তনাদ হয়ে ছড়িয়ে পড়ছে চারিদিকে।। একদিকে পিশাচ রুপি অসংখ্য মানুষ, যারা সামান্য আনন্দের জন্য, বীরত্ব প্রদর্শনের জন্য নিরিহ প্রানীর উপর অত্যাচার করতেও পিছপা হয় না।। অপর দিকে এমন কিছু মানুষ, যারা সৃষ্টির এই সুন্দর জীবগুলোকে রক্ষা করার জন্য বিলিয়ে দিতে পারে নিজেদের সবকিছু।।
পাঠ প্রতিক্রিয়া -
৭২ পেজের ছোট একটা বই, কিন্তু এর গভীরতা সমুদ্রের মতোই গভীর।। উপন্যাসটিতে বর্ণিত হয়েছে তিমিদের জীবন ধারণের বিভিন্ন বিষয়।। তারা কিভাবে খায়, ভালোবাসে, জোট বেঁধে একসাথে কাটিয়ে দেয় পুরো জীবন, সন্তান লালন পালন করে।। কিভাবে মানুষ বিশাল এই প্রাণীকে বিলুপ্তির পথে ঠেলে দিচ্ছে সামান্য তেল চর্বি মাংসের লোভে তুলে ধরা হয়েছে সেটাও।। সেই সঙ্গে বর্ণিত হয়েছে মানুষের একই সাথে বিভিন্ন রুপ।। কখনো দেখানো হয়েছে মানুষের প্রতি মানুষের ভালোবাসা, জীব জগতের প্রতি মানুষের ভালোবাসা, অবলা এক তিমির প্রতি সম্পূর্ণ অপরিচিত মানুষের ভালোবাসা।। তেমনি আরেকদিকে দেখানো হয়েছে মানুষের পৈশাচিক রুপ, তুলে ধরা হয়েছে অসহায় প্রাণীদের কষ্ট দিয়ে কিভাবে পৈশাচিক আনন্দ পায় কিছু মানুষরূপী পিশাচ।। হৃদয় ছুঁয়ে যাবে তিমিদের ভালোবাসার গল্পে।। অনেকেই হয়তো পড়েননি তাই বলছি এই বই মিস করবেন না, এই বছরের আমার পড়া সেরা তিনটি বইয়ের মধ্যে এই বইটি থাকবে।।
তিমির প্রেম
লেখক - ফার্লে মোয়াট / রকিব হাসান
প্রকাশক - সেবা প্রকাশন
মূল্য - ১০/- টাকা।।
বছরের ৫৩ নম্বর বই, একটি অনূদিত উপন্যাস নাম তিমির প্রেম।। বইটি সম্পর্কে আমি জানতে পেরেছি, সুলেখক কৌশিক মজুমদার এর ফেসবুক পোস্ট থেকে।। তিনি এই বইটি নিয়ে ভুয়সী প্রশংসা করেছেন, সেখান থেকেই বইটি সম্পর্কে জানতে পেরে বইটি সংগ্রহে করে পড়া শুরু করেছি।।
বিখ্যাত লেখক সাংবাদিক 'ফার্লে মোয়াট' দ্বিতীয় বিশ্বযুদ্ধের পর সামরিক বাহিনী থেকে অবসর নিয়ে শুরু করেন দেশ ভ্রমণ।। ১৯৬৭ সালে জেলেদের নিয়ে লেখার উদ্দেশ্যে সস্ত্রীক গিয়েছিলেন নিউফাউণ্ডল্যাণ্ডের দক্ষিণাংশে ছোট্ট দ্বীপপুঞ্জ বার্জিওতে।। আর এখানেই তিনি ভাগ্যচক্রেই এক দুর্লভ অভিজ্ঞতা সঞ্চয় করে বসলেন।। গিয়েছিলেন দ্বীপের মানুষকে দেখতে, তাদের কথা লিখতে।। কিন্তু সেখানে দেখা পেয়ে গেলেন বিশাল এক তিমির।। তাকে আর মানুষকে নিয়ে লিখলেন এক অসাধারণ কাহিনী, "A Whale for the Killing"।। সেই বইকে মূল ধরে নিয়ে, আর বিভিন্ন জায়গা থেকে তথ্য জোগাড় করেই 'রকিব হাসান' রচনা করেছেন আরেক অসাধারণ বই "তিমির প্রেম"।।
নিউফাউণ্ডল্যাণ্ডের দক্ষিণ প্রান্তের জনবিরল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ বার্জিও।। এখানে বসবাসকারী শতকরা একশ জনই জেলে।। গত তিন চারশো বছর ধরে এটাই তাদের পেশা।। লেখক সাংবাদিক ফার্লে মোয়াট দীর্ঘ পাঁচ বছর প্রবাসে কাটিয়ে যখন তৃতীয় বারের মতো সস্ত্রীক ফিরে এলেন এখানে থাকার জন্য, ততদিনে পাল্টে গেছে অনেক কিছুই।। ২১শে জানুয়ারি শনিবার, ১৯৬৭ সাল।। এদিন এই জনবিরল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ বার্জিওতে ঘটে গেল অভূতপূর্ব এক ঘটনা।। দুই ভাই কেনেথ হান আর ডগলাস হান মাছ ধরে এক অগভীর হ্রদ অল্ডরিজেস পণ্ডের ভেতর দিয়ে ফেরার সময় আবিষ্কার করে বসল এক ফিন হোয়েল বা ডানা তিমি আটকা পড়েছে হ্রদের পানিতে।। হ্রদের অগভীর সরু খাল দিয়ে বের হতে পারছে না এই বিশাল তিমি। বার্ট চাচা তার অভিজ্ঞতার ঝুলি থেকে জানালেন, সত্তর ফুট লম্বা আশি টন ওজনের এই ডানা তিমি একটা তিমিনী অর্থাৎ স্ত্রী তিমি এবং সে গর্ভবতী।। পূর্ণিমার ভরা-কোটালের সময় জোয়ারের পানি যখন অনেক বেড়ে গিয়েছিল তখন ঢুকে পড়েছে অল্ডরিজেস পন্ডে, কিন্তু পানি নেমে যাওয়ার পর ঐ সরু খাল দিয়ে আর বের হতে পারছে না বিশাল এই তিমিনী।। আর তিমিনীর অপেক্ষায় হদ্রের মুখের কাছেই পাক খেয়ে বেড়াচ্ছে তার সঙ্গী তিমি।। সঙ্গীনিকে দেখতে না পেয়ে গভীর বিষাদে ডেকে উঠছে বারবার।। তার সেই ডাক আর্তনাদ হয়ে ছড়িয়ে পড়ছে চারিদিকে।। একদিকে পিশাচ রুপি অসংখ্য মানুষ, যারা সামান্য আনন্দের জন্য, বীরত্ব প্রদর্শনের জন্য নিরিহ প্রানীর উপর অত্যাচার করতেও পিছপা হয় না।। অপর দিকে এমন কিছু মানুষ, যারা সৃষ্টির এই সুন্দর জীবগুলোকে রক্ষা করার জন্য বিলিয়ে দিতে পারে নিজেদের সবকিছু।।
পাঠ প্রতিক্রিয়া -
৭২ পেজের ছোট একটা বই, কিন্তু এর গভীরতা সমুদ্রের মতোই গভীর।। উপন্যাসটিতে বর্ণিত হয়েছে তিমিদের জীবন ধারণের বিভিন্ন বিষয়।। তারা কিভাবে খায়, ভালোবাসে, জোট বেঁধে একসাথে কাটিয়ে দেয় পুরো জীবন, সন্তান লালন পালন করে।। কিভাবে মানুষ বিশাল এই প্রাণীকে বিলুপ্তির পথে ঠেলে দিচ্ছে সামান্য তেল চর্বি মাংসের লোভে তুলে ধরা হয়েছে সেটাও।। সেই সঙ্গে বর্ণিত হয়েছে মানুষের একই সাথে বিভিন্ন রুপ।। কখনো দেখানো হয়েছে মানুষের প্রতি মানুষের ভালোবাসা, জীব জগতের প্রতি মানুষের ভালোবাসা, অবলা এক তিমির প্রতি সম্পূর্ণ অপরিচিত মানুষের ভালোবাসা।। তেমনি আরেকদিকে দেখানো হয়েছে মানুষের পৈশাচিক রুপ, তুলে ধরা হয়েছে অসহায় প্রাণীদের কষ্ট দিয়ে কিভাবে পৈশাচিক আনন্দ পায় কিছু মানুষরূপী পিশাচ।। হৃদয় ছুঁয়ে যাবে তিমিদের ভালোবাসার গল্পে।। অনেকেই হয়তো পড়েননি তাই বলছি এই বই মিস করবেন না, এই বছরের আমার পড়া সেরা তিনটি বইয়ের মধ্যে এই বইটি থাকবে।।
January 13, 2015
Although I found the subject of Mowat's novel to be both interesting and horrifying I didn't get to the novel that I expected to read until the last portion of the book.
The first two thirds of the book is all a, somewhat angry, rant about the evils of mankind, specifically of those who seek modernization. For a while Mowat was basically preaching that Frontiersmen = Good and Businessmen = Bad (women didn't figure into the equation at all). The good people of Burgeo (a very small and remote region of Newfoundland) relied upon themselves, they didn't need the distractions and wastefulness of catalog ordered speedboats or pure breed dogs. But then the evil modernizing bureaucrats had to move in and start developing business in the area, thereby destroying natural habitat, destroying the rugged living of the inhabitants and destroying a way of life that for years had gone without the meddling of government regulation.
Although I sympathized with the Burgeo people wanting to get on with their ways and keep their traditions away from the fisheries and processing plants which pay extremely poorly, the way that Mowat went about describing it made me feel that he was celebrating ignorance and stubbornness, rather than valuing traditions.
Of course, once we get to the real purpose of the novel, the story about the whale which gets trapped in Alridge's Pond (a look at Google Earth is illuminating, not only for a look at the 'pond' but also Mowat's own house!) it is the locals, as Mowat puts it, poisoned by the modernizing of the Island, who decide to turn the great creature into nothing more than a moving target.
In his fight to save the whale Mowat alienates those with whom he'd been attempting to assimilate for many years. By voicing his opinion of their right to shoot anything that moves, he becomes just another city bloke trying to take away their native rights and traditions. It being well known that anyone who was hungry could take to the woods to get some 'country meat' (basically a euphemism for poaching elk or other game), a right that Mowat doesn't have a problem with, why should it not be the same with the large meat of the sea?
It seemed to me throughout the narrative that it was more that the People of Burgeo feeling that they were beyond the law that endangered the whale. Maybe if the place had not been so far away from modernized society, there would not have been so many yahoos with guns shooting anything that moved.
I also thought it was disheartening how even the towns people who didn't agree with the shooting of the whale couldn't even bring themselves to talk about it for fear that...someone wouldn't like them? Small towns are terrible places. It reminded me a bit of living in a small town in rural Iowa, except that bigger cities were always close at hand for me so I could escape the narrow minded outsider disdaining world of that town. I can't imagine wanting to become one of such a group.
The first two thirds of the book is all a, somewhat angry, rant about the evils of mankind, specifically of those who seek modernization. For a while Mowat was basically preaching that Frontiersmen = Good and Businessmen = Bad (women didn't figure into the equation at all). The good people of Burgeo (a very small and remote region of Newfoundland) relied upon themselves, they didn't need the distractions and wastefulness of catalog ordered speedboats or pure breed dogs. But then the evil modernizing bureaucrats had to move in and start developing business in the area, thereby destroying natural habitat, destroying the rugged living of the inhabitants and destroying a way of life that for years had gone without the meddling of government regulation.
Although I sympathized with the Burgeo people wanting to get on with their ways and keep their traditions away from the fisheries and processing plants which pay extremely poorly, the way that Mowat went about describing it made me feel that he was celebrating ignorance and stubbornness, rather than valuing traditions.
Of course, once we get to the real purpose of the novel, the story about the whale which gets trapped in Alridge's Pond (a look at Google Earth is illuminating, not only for a look at the 'pond' but also Mowat's own house!) it is the locals, as Mowat puts it, poisoned by the modernizing of the Island, who decide to turn the great creature into nothing more than a moving target.
In his fight to save the whale Mowat alienates those with whom he'd been attempting to assimilate for many years. By voicing his opinion of their right to shoot anything that moves, he becomes just another city bloke trying to take away their native rights and traditions. It being well known that anyone who was hungry could take to the woods to get some 'country meat' (basically a euphemism for poaching elk or other game), a right that Mowat doesn't have a problem with, why should it not be the same with the large meat of the sea?
It seemed to me throughout the narrative that it was more that the People of Burgeo feeling that they were beyond the law that endangered the whale. Maybe if the place had not been so far away from modernized society, there would not have been so many yahoos with guns shooting anything that moved.
I also thought it was disheartening how even the towns people who didn't agree with the shooting of the whale couldn't even bring themselves to talk about it for fear that...someone wouldn't like them? Small towns are terrible places. It reminded me a bit of living in a small town in rural Iowa, except that bigger cities were always close at hand for me so I could escape the narrow minded outsider disdaining world of that town. I can't imagine wanting to become one of such a group.
April 3, 2023
3.5 J’ai aimé l’histoire, mais un peu de longeur au début du livre!
September 8, 2025
যে বয়সে পড়েছিলাম তখন ৫ তারকা দেবার মতোই মনে হয়েছিলো। এখন আবার পড়লে বুঝতে পারবো কেমন লাগছে। তবে মনে হচ্ছে ভালোই লাগবে।
January 24, 2009
Emotionally, this was one of the most gut wrenching books I've ever read. Farley Mowat is one of the best writers ever.
November 16, 2015
A difficult yet necessary read.
April 20, 2024
Le sentiment de honte d’appartenir à l’espèce humaine est fort lorsqu’on termine la lecture des mots de Mowat. Dans cet ouvrage, la beauté de la terre et de ses profondeurs marines est mise de l’avant mais toujours en contraste avec la barbarie humaine. C’est choquant. C’est révoltant. C’est épuisant.
J’ai trouvé les 100 premières pages, bien que nécessaires à la compréhension du monde des baleines, un peu longues. L’histoire de Moby Joe, la baleine de Burgeo, en vaut la peine.
J’ai trouvé les 100 premières pages, bien que nécessaires à la compréhension du monde des baleines, un peu longues. L’histoire de Moby Joe, la baleine de Burgeo, en vaut la peine.
May 12, 2025
This non-fiction story, based on the experiences of the author, angered and saddened me.
The story takes place in the remote town of Burgeo, Newfoundland, during the late 1960s, early 1970s. The first part of the story gives a bit of history of Newfoundland and the town of Burgeo and tells of whaling and the horrible ways the whales were killed to almost extinction. The rest of the story is of the author's efforts to free a fin whale who got trapped in a lagoon and the town people's actions.
The story takes place in the remote town of Burgeo, Newfoundland, during the late 1960s, early 1970s. The first part of the story gives a bit of history of Newfoundland and the town of Burgeo and tells of whaling and the horrible ways the whales were killed to almost extinction. The rest of the story is of the author's efforts to free a fin whale who got trapped in a lagoon and the town people's actions.
June 23, 2019
Once again Farley Mowat has reduced me to near tears with his extraordinary writing. This book published in 1972 incredibly and realistically captures the blind aggression of human nature, the power of will to do the right thing and be the right kind of man and all those caught in-between. After I read this book, I had to wiki the plight of whales today to see if any progress had been made in protecting them, and although there are some increases, the situation remains bleak with many species unfortunately. Like many other readers I am equally saddened by this.
Aside from the story, Mowat describes his characters so vividly, that you feel you would recognize them upon meeting, or at the very least recognize their unique eastern dialect. The description of the geography is vivid and beautiful. The sympathetic and accurate background on whales is wonderful.
Enjoy this read as best anyone can enjoy a tragedy.
Aside from the story, Mowat describes his characters so vividly, that you feel you would recognize them upon meeting, or at the very least recognize their unique eastern dialect. The description of the geography is vivid and beautiful. The sympathetic and accurate background on whales is wonderful.
Enjoy this read as best anyone can enjoy a tragedy.
July 16, 2012
"A Whale for the Killing" chronicles the unlikely and you might also say, unseemly doings in a small Newfoundland outport in the 1960s. In what soon proved to be a run of bad luck, one of the largest of the sea mammals, a Fin whale, found itself trapped in a huge body of water near the town of Burgeo. It had managed to just slide over a rocky underwater escarpment and get into the bay, but try as it might it could not get out again.
Farley Mowat's part in the story is rather extraordinary and I won't go into it in detail here, for fear of spoiling it. Suffice it to say that he becomes, as far as such a thing is possible, the trapped whale's guardian and broadcasts the story of its plight throughout the world. His relationship with the mammal develops in conjunction with his relationship with the townspeople of Burgeo and the local and provincial authorities. I would not like to call this a thrilling story, because that seems hardly appropriate, but it is a dramatic one whichever way you look at it. In the process of attempting to rescue the whale, Mowat (and now, through the book, us) learns a great deal more about human nature than he might have imagined he would, beforehand.
Farley Mowat has written innumerable books about wildlife, the environment and the Canadian wilderness in general. This is a book he scarcely planned to write but he brings to it all the skills of the writer who has practised his art over many years. It is a first-rate story about living on Earth in the twentieth century, and it should be widely read for the message it contains about the frailty of all existence.
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Farley Mowat's part in the story is rather extraordinary and I won't go into it in detail here, for fear of spoiling it. Suffice it to say that he becomes, as far as such a thing is possible, the trapped whale's guardian and broadcasts the story of its plight throughout the world. His relationship with the mammal develops in conjunction with his relationship with the townspeople of Burgeo and the local and provincial authorities. I would not like to call this a thrilling story, because that seems hardly appropriate, but it is a dramatic one whichever way you look at it. In the process of attempting to rescue the whale, Mowat (and now, through the book, us) learns a great deal more about human nature than he might have imagined he would, beforehand.
Farley Mowat has written innumerable books about wildlife, the environment and the Canadian wilderness in general. This is a book he scarcely planned to write but he brings to it all the skills of the writer who has practised his art over many years. It is a first-rate story about living on Earth in the twentieth century, and it should be widely read for the message it contains about the frailty of all existence.
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February 12, 2013
I'm not sure that I can fault Farley Mowat's "A Whale for the Killing" for being "too preachy" since that is very much the intent of the book, but Mowat switches styles and tones a few times (particularly in the first 120 pages) which makes the read feel a bit uneven. He can't seem to decide whether he wants to tell the story of what happened with the whale in Burgeo, educate readers on the biology and families of whales, or simply write an essay on the evils of the whaling industry. He could have done all three seamlessly but he doesn't, frequently breaking off in the middle of one tangent or chapter of the story to completely change topic and tone.
The overall effect of the book was one that, I would say, successfully rallies the reader to Mowat's cause. I was disgusted and brought to tears by the story of the whale that was trapped in the pond at Burgeo, Newfoundland in the late '60s. Rather than take this incredible, once-in-a-lifetime chance to study such an enormous creature at such a close range, the citizens of Burgeo chose to use the whale for target practice.
The last 50 pages of the book read the way the rest of it should have - a non-fiction novel. Mowat certainly has the literary talent to tell a story, with a natural inclination towards beautiful, regional prose. But in that first half of the book he veers off too many times with fact-spouting and angry tangents for me to say that it was entirely successful as a piece of literature.
The overall effect of the book was one that, I would say, successfully rallies the reader to Mowat's cause. I was disgusted and brought to tears by the story of the whale that was trapped in the pond at Burgeo, Newfoundland in the late '60s. Rather than take this incredible, once-in-a-lifetime chance to study such an enormous creature at such a close range, the citizens of Burgeo chose to use the whale for target practice.
The last 50 pages of the book read the way the rest of it should have - a non-fiction novel. Mowat certainly has the literary talent to tell a story, with a natural inclination towards beautiful, regional prose. But in that first half of the book he veers off too many times with fact-spouting and angry tangents for me to say that it was entirely successful as a piece of literature.
April 30, 2012
If you like whales or books about someone who causes a big ruckus attempting to save a whale then this book is for you. Farley Mowat becomes enemy #1 in Burgeo, NFLD..and I can't say I blame them. Sure, he was trying to save a whale but in the end he was forced out of the town of Burgeo due to everybody disliking him for bringing in the media to paint a picture of Burgeo as a place where locals shoot at whales with guns..I actually read this due to my neighbour originally being from the town of Burgeo and him talking about what a demon Farley Mowat was...people ( and towns) make mistakes but nobody in the world would like those mistakes to be frontpage news and be publicly known for it.
May 12, 2022
Oh! What an extraordinary book! Now one of my favorites, every high school student should have to read this. Yes, it is about whales, but mostly it is about us, the human pox and our immense cruelty that is destroying this planet's biosphere.
Actually, this is a book about the Trump voters as much as it is about the dumbest 1% of Canadians who are so high on human exceptionalism that they wantonly killed the whale in this story "for sport." You can see how fifty years of not exterminating this mentality from our culture and callousness has brought about the impending collapse of our polar ices sheets, 43 feet of rapid sea level rise and doomed coastal civilization and capitalism some time in the next few decades.
This is the mentality of the Pacific NW loggers of old growth forests that I have been dealing with since the Reagan Sedition began. Those people, forty years later are the Trump cultists. That's why it is so important for young people to realize how vile a people we North American descendants of Europeans truly are.
That's one reason for young people to read this book. The other, perhaps more important reason, is that Farley Mowatt evokes biophilia so well. The reader will fall in love with the whale and with the wailing of raw, extreme nature like that in the dark raging oceans surrounding Newfoundland. It's as if you went out to the pond with Farley and experienced the alarm, grief and rage he went through as he watched the local christians destroy the best thing they ever had, and a vastly superior being than themselves.
Farley and his wife Claire heroically, although quixotically, fight this death cult and get the world to offer all that if can to save the whale. This is the story kids should experience: how to be an eco-warrior, defender against all that vile humanity unleashes to destroy nature.
Tragically, this story is not a period piece. It inspired a revolution of Sea Shepherd eco-warriors on the high seas and in the harbors sinking whalers and drift netters. We still have the same decadent, useless way-too-little-too-late politicians. We have to fight like Farley. Read this book and be forearmed!
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society named two of her direct action boats after Mowatt.
No compromise in defense of Mother Earth! Earth First!
Actually, this is a book about the Trump voters as much as it is about the dumbest 1% of Canadians who are so high on human exceptionalism that they wantonly killed the whale in this story "for sport." You can see how fifty years of not exterminating this mentality from our culture and callousness has brought about the impending collapse of our polar ices sheets, 43 feet of rapid sea level rise and doomed coastal civilization and capitalism some time in the next few decades.
This is the mentality of the Pacific NW loggers of old growth forests that I have been dealing with since the Reagan Sedition began. Those people, forty years later are the Trump cultists. That's why it is so important for young people to realize how vile a people we North American descendants of Europeans truly are.
That's one reason for young people to read this book. The other, perhaps more important reason, is that Farley Mowatt evokes biophilia so well. The reader will fall in love with the whale and with the wailing of raw, extreme nature like that in the dark raging oceans surrounding Newfoundland. It's as if you went out to the pond with Farley and experienced the alarm, grief and rage he went through as he watched the local christians destroy the best thing they ever had, and a vastly superior being than themselves.
Farley and his wife Claire heroically, although quixotically, fight this death cult and get the world to offer all that if can to save the whale. This is the story kids should experience: how to be an eco-warrior, defender against all that vile humanity unleashes to destroy nature.
Tragically, this story is not a period piece. It inspired a revolution of Sea Shepherd eco-warriors on the high seas and in the harbors sinking whalers and drift netters. We still have the same decadent, useless way-too-little-too-late politicians. We have to fight like Farley. Read this book and be forearmed!
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society named two of her direct action boats after Mowatt.
No compromise in defense of Mother Earth! Earth First!
June 16, 2021
A Whale for the Killing by Farley Mowat (Douglas & McIntyre 2012) (599.5) (3542).
This is the saddest and most disturbing story I have read in a long time. Knowing the kind of emotional reaction this book would evoke, I should never have read A Whale for the Killing. However, the underlying message is one of hope: that while humans have the power to destroy, we also possess the will with which to choose not to destroy but to protect, to nurture, to be astonished, and to learn.
The tale took place in the 1960’s in an extremely isolated corner of Newfoundland. During an extraordinarily high seasonal tide, an eighty-foot-long fin whale had inadvertently swum into a cove which formed a natural corral, and the whale was completely trapped. The whale, while fishing for herring on the highest of the spring high tides, had swum into a half-mile-wide inlet through the only entrance. A few hours later, when the abnormally high spring tide returned to normal levels, the whale found that the water in the mouth of the inlet was too shallow to swim over to return to the sea. The whale, who turned out to be a pregnant female, was trapped like a goldfish in a bowl.
Plenty of reviews share the details, so I shall not. Suffice it to say that the story combines elements of The Lord of the Flies, Deliverance, and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
Here’s the lesson: We have to take better care of each other.
My rating: 8.5/10, finished 5/24/21 (3542). I purchased a brand-new paperback copy from Amazon for $8.00 on 5/1/21.
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December 9, 2018
It was hard to say what I felt about the writing in this book. Mowat wrote about this true story from living on Canada's east coast and a Fin whale becomes stranded in a pond off the ocean while chasing herring. The Fin whale is the second largest whale and second largest creature to have lived on the planet. Locals take to pumping hundreds of rifle rounds into the stranded and pregnant female while Mowat tries to have it protected and fed. Eventually Mowat succeeds but too late as the wounds suffered (including propeller blades) cause a massive infection and she dies, while what we are led to assume is her mate mourns from the nearby ocean. Before modern whaling it was estimated that 4.5 million whales roamed the ocean. When the book was published the assumption was less than 350K of the great whales were left alive. The numbers currently are in debate because the International Whaling Commission is eager to resume large scale slaughter of the peaceful creatures. Hopefully we have learned and will leave these magnificent animals to develop alongside us.
July 27, 2025
Although I really enjoyed this book (love the author) I found it to be a heart-breaking read.
I found information about Farley Mowat and his years in the small Newfoundland outpost of Burgeo elsewhere and reproduced it here; it describes the premise of the book:
"In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland.
When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat wanted the chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation.
Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller.
Mowat appealed desperately to the authorities, but it was too late-ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died.
A plea for the end of commercial hunting of the whale, this moving account blends all the tension of the life-and-death struggle for one animal's survival with the drama of man's wanton destruction of life-bearing creatures and the environment itself..."
I found information about Farley Mowat and his years in the small Newfoundland outpost of Burgeo elsewhere and reproduced it here; it describes the premise of the book:
"In the 1960s, Farley Mowat was living in the tiny fishing community of Burgeo on the southwest coast of Newfoundland.
When an 80-ton fin whale became trapped in a nearby saltwater lagoon, Mowat wanted the chance to study at close range one of the most magnificent animals in creation.
Some local villagers thought otherwise, blasting the whale with rifle fire and hacking open her back with a motorboat propeller.
Mowat appealed desperately to the authorities, but it was too late-ravaged by an infection resulting from her massive wounds, the whale died.
A plea for the end of commercial hunting of the whale, this moving account blends all the tension of the life-and-death struggle for one animal's survival with the drama of man's wanton destruction of life-bearing creatures and the environment itself..."
January 24, 2023
I really enjoyed this tragic, allegedly true story about time Farley and his wife Claire spend in Newfoundland when an 80 ton Fin whale was accidentally trapped in a shallow lagoon of a small, extremely remote town. Mowat's books have been translated in 52 languages and sold 17 million copies, but he is a controversial figure, a self-admitted spreader of half-truths and falsehoods. "I never let facts get in the way of the truth." While "A Whale for the Killing" was published 50 years ago and the story of whaling's murderous assault on whales is now well known, I still found the story gripping, sad, and fascinating reading. Mary and I have taken whaling trips multiple times from our Central Coast local ports. I don't know if this is an entirely true memoir or among his elaborations and I don't care. It was a great read and the right cause then and now to be exposed and defeated.
October 6, 2020
This is definitely heavy-handed with its total criticism of industrialisation and modernisation in all forms, at least towards the beginning, but I think that story, once it begins, outweighs this social criticism element (although it obviously still plays an important role).
The author also notes that at the time of publication there was little known data about the subject matter, it also must be noted that there is a clear lack of scientific evidence for the more general claims
I went into this book very passionate about the issues it discusses, and while I know the events detailed in this book have been disputed and debated by those actually involved, I still think it was really really powerful and moving
The author also notes that at the time of publication there was little known data about the subject matter, it also must be noted that there is a clear lack of scientific evidence for the more general claims
I went into this book very passionate about the issues it discusses, and while I know the events detailed in this book have been disputed and debated by those actually involved, I still think it was really really powerful and moving
November 18, 2024
A real enlightening experience to learn about the cruelty we humans have participated in against these intelligent leviathans of the great oceans. This book makes me feel sympathy for this entire planet we call home. I hope that humanity can learn to be stewards to or Mother Earth and the creatures that also live on it.
I almost put this book down after 70 or so pages because the intro is a history of whaling and its evolution around the world. I found the book very hard to read through those pages, However I am glad I am stubborn because I enjoyed the novel that began after the history lesson. Now I intend to spend an hour or so looking up pictures and articles about this true story of CRUELTY and COURAGE.
I almost put this book down after 70 or so pages because the intro is a history of whaling and its evolution around the world. I found the book very hard to read through those pages, However I am glad I am stubborn because I enjoyed the novel that began after the history lesson. Now I intend to spend an hour or so looking up pictures and articles about this true story of CRUELTY and COURAGE.
December 30, 2022
À la fin des années 60, un homme et sa femme s'installent à Terre-Neuve, dans un petit village sur une anse. Ils tombent amoureux de Messers Cove mais certains habitants les feront déchantés. Le récit d'un homme qui tentera, tant bien que mal, de sauver une baleine des griffes de la cruauté humaine.
J'ai failli abandonner la lecture à quelques reprises parce que j'étais écoeurée de lire sur la barbarie des Hommes envers les mammifères (plusieurs individus s'acharnaient sur la même baleine plus d'une fois). J'aurais dû m'en douter, avec la description de la quatrième de couverture, mais je ne pensais pas que ça serait à ce point-là.
J'ai failli abandonner la lecture à quelques reprises parce que j'étais écoeurée de lire sur la barbarie des Hommes envers les mammifères (plusieurs individus s'acharnaient sur la même baleine plus d'une fois). J'aurais dû m'en douter, avec la description de la quatrième de couverture, mais je ne pensais pas que ça serait à ce point-là.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 11, 2023
A lot has changed in the last 30+ years since I read this book. But it made a lasting impression. The tragedies that so preoccupied Mowat in this telling, of the "bitch progress" at the hands of Joey Smallwood have now almost been forgotten in the current crises of fisheries collapse and fishing cultures ruin. But some of the deeper issues remain, our relationship to nature, progress, and our bestial desires to kill and dominate. The place of an outsider who assumes to have the moral high ground in any place and time. These issues are still with us, and thus, though a dated story, is still a timely read.
September 7, 2025
All'inizio non mi ha colpito molto anzi mi stava annoiando, ho letto molti libri anche saggi e testi scientifici sulle balene e questo per quasi la tutta la prima metà ripete nozioni che già conosco ( e ovviamente sono di vecchia data essendo uno testo del 1970).
Quando però inizia finalmente il racconto dei fatti tutto cambia, ti coinvolge e a tratti avresti preferito non fosse così perché è molto crudo e schietto negli avvenimenti e nelle riflessioni. È stato disturbante a tratti ma anche liberatorio finalmente leggere la realtà, la malvagità, la speranza, la collaborazione ,l'odio ,la lotta e l'umanità.
Quando però inizia finalmente il racconto dei fatti tutto cambia, ti coinvolge e a tratti avresti preferito non fosse così perché è molto crudo e schietto negli avvenimenti e nelle riflessioni. È stato disturbante a tratti ma anche liberatorio finalmente leggere la realtà, la malvagità, la speranza, la collaborazione ,l'odio ,la lotta e l'umanità.
October 22, 2018
A little slower to start and get into, but once the whale arrives I couldn't put it down. The back of the book pretty much gives away what happens, but I still wanted it to be wrong, and had to see how FM was going to try and save this whale. I found myself sickened by what some people will do, so prepare yourself if you are picking up this book to be disappointed by man and what is considered fun and games by some.
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