Reviews with content warning for Racism - Moby-Dick

My assessment of this book is obviously skewed by the 170 odd years of distance between us, but I am able to appreciate the quality of narrative of information in this novel. There’s a lot of information that is relevant to the story but not actually important, really, and since I read it on audiobook I found rather boring, since I think I’m print there are diagrams to accompany, for example, the chapters outlining every species of whale whose existence was known at that time. I loved Queequeg, and otherwise had a bit of a hard time telling all the men on the ship apart. Overall I would recommend, because there’s lots of information about whales which is cool, and in general if a book’s popularity has somewhat survived over 150 years, it’s probably worth noting. There were some messages throughout the story that I think a lot of people can learn from.

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emceeawkward's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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sarvikaskas's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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sepptb's review against another edition

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adventurous reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Moby Dick is:
50% 19th Century Whale Science
20% 19th Century Racism
5% 19th Century Misogyny
10% Character Development
15% Plot

I enjoyed the whale science! 2.5 stars

(Also, listened to the audio version narrated by William Hootkins, who was an exceptional narrator.)

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lizzieowl's review against another edition

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Too much and detailed animal cruelty

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isabella_reads's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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krista_lm's review against another edition

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2.5

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