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Mar 25, 2012
Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!}
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it was amazing
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not the exact edition i have but the same pages and both abridged. I'm tired of searching for a 1949 edition I have.
Rating: 4.5, I struggled with rating this a 4 or a 5.
I really enjoyed reading this. Melville is very verbose, but his writing is very poetic. I wanted to frame a few paragraphs and hang them on my wall to adore.
I enjoyed the fishing parts, but some might find that boring and tedious.
I also came across a few moments of homosexual subtext, but enough for a glbt bookshelf.
If you are g ...more
Rating: 4.5, I struggled with rating this a 4 or a 5.
I really enjoyed reading this. Melville is very verbose, but his writing is very poetic. I wanted to frame a few paragraphs and hang them on my wall to adore.
I enjoyed the fishing parts, but some might find that boring and tedious.
I also came across a few moments of homosexual subtext, but enough for a glbt bookshelf.
If you are g ...more
Read this mammoth novel whilst listening to the brilliant Moby Dick Big Read project from 9 years ago, each chapter being read by a different person. My favourite narrator was Benedict Cumberbatch; what an amazing voice he has. I’m going to look him up on Audible, for sure.
I loved the characterisation at the beginning of the novel, when Ishmael met Queequeg, in often humorous scenes. However much of the novel is made up of a heavy dissection of whales, almost to the point where it felt invasive, ...more
I loved the characterisation at the beginning of the novel, when Ishmael met Queequeg, in often humorous scenes. However much of the novel is made up of a heavy dissection of whales, almost to the point where it felt invasive, ...more
If you can get through the Chapters devoted to the historical differences between American and British whale hunting techniques, laws, and ship design, this book is incredible. I guess I'm biased for my love of the sea and art devoted to it, but one could say it's worth it only for meeting the character Ahab and the moments of pure epicness (a word I can't find a sufficient adjective for).
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Dec 04, 2010
Ana
marked it as to-read
Jan 02, 2011
Laurentiu Lazar
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May 01, 2011
Jelena
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Nov 13, 2011
Hettie
marked it as tbr-eventually
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Jun 28, 2012
Roslyn
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Dec 19, 2012
personne
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Jan 15, 2013
Liz
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Jan 18, 2013
Zalea
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