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Álvaro Carrasquel asked this question about In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex:
Don´t you think that "In the Heart of the Sea tells perhaps the greatest sea story ever" is so exaggerated? What about Moby-Dick itself?
Adam Dean To me it is far less dramatic than I actually anticipated. At first I kept waiting and waiting for them to actually go to sea. Then once they did thin…moreTo me it is far less dramatic than I actually anticipated. At first I kept waiting and waiting for them to actually go to sea. Then once they did things happened pretty quick up until the whale attack. After that it felt like you truly were at sea with them. Not because the writing was so great but because the pace seemed so slow .(less)
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In the Heart of the Sea
by Nathaniel Philbrick (Goodreads Author)
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