Moby-Dick or, The Whale - Herman Melville

Posted : 2 years, 9 months ago at Feb 11 7:49

The classic whaling tale. Everybody knows how the storyline goes, but few know of how delightful the book actually is to read. I picked this up when going through a phase of loving anything nautical and I felt I owed it to myself to read a real classic. I'm glad I did, because at the very least I felt a great feeling of accomplishment once I was finished. I was somewhat shocked to see just how comical and well written this book was. I was engrossed from start to finish. As a warning I'd highlight the fact that there remains an abriged and unabridged version of the story and I ploughed through the latter, which means there were a lot of miscellaneous chapters regarding what can only be described as the authors own feelings on whales, their taxonomy and his feelings on hunting. I would re...Read more

Rating : 10/10