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There are passages of true brilliance in this book. There is a gripping narrative in this book. Unfortunately, there is a lot of indulgent and overblown blather in this book as well. Those who hail it as a classic and urge it on their friends are the same kind of people who insist that no American has really lived until he has visited Yellowstone National Park and seen its wonders -- wonders there are, and it is they that stick in the visitor's fond memory, but what is for ...more
There are passages of true brilliance in this book. There is a gripping narrative in this book. Unfortunately, there is a lot of indulgent and overblown blather in this book as well. Those who hail it as a classic and urge it on their friends are the same kind of people who insist that no American has really lived until he has visited Yellowstone National Park and seen its wonders -- wonders there are, and it is they that stick in the visitor's fond memory, but what is for ...more
There were chapters that fascinated me, but I mostly felt adrift and detached while reading it. The moments that shone involved quiet intimacy between shipmates or philosophical musings about human nature. The book felt endless though, and I kept mentally chanting, "C'mon, Moby Dick, come on!" I only stuck with it because of a book club.
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Long. Polysyllabic. Descriptive. Fun with Stops though!
I did not like that. That was unpleasant.
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