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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?
Duston Todd indeed it's exaggerated. it's a fascinating tale of tragedy and survival based on actual events and facts, though incredibly dry and yeast less facts.…moreindeed it's exaggerated. it's a fascinating tale of tragedy and survival based on actual events and facts, though incredibly dry and yeast less facts.
i prefer Moby Dick over this, the poetry and fiction, the embellishment, the painting of man's spirit and madness, the tall tale. yet, Moby Dick, like this book could do with removing the two middle quarters of the book (i enjoy the beginning and the end). and as Megan previously said - it too is over rated.
the best contender to this type of narrative, same in subject matter (lost and sea and survival) and blows these stories out of the water... is Life of Pi.
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