Wow. It’s so pointless to write review on classical masterpieces such as Moby Dick but I’m going to give it a shot just for myself, since I know I will forget those feelings I have about the book right now.
I feel ashamed that it is my first time reading this book, I feel ashamed that I didn’t know that Stabucks has it’s name because of a character in this book and hell I feel ashamed that I didn’t even know that Moby Dick is a whale.
Because now I understand the hype about this book in the american literature.
Three stars because I won’t read it again anytime soon (in 30 years probs).
But three stars because it truly has amazing literature styles and almost every chapter is different from the other. And the characters are written in very interesting way. It is not about the storyline but about the symbolism behind it. Not just the message well described in Simpsons but symbolism in Bible also. I felt really stupid while reading this book and most of the time I’ve spent googling the names and Biblical meanings - which I consider fun (no sarcasm here).

But … I’m feeling quite depressed now (maybe the weather?) and I’m used to reading quite depressing stories (Russian literature, yes, I’m looking at you, hey, don’t you dare to hide Young Werther!). But this was something else. The loneliness on the sea, the hopeless fight, the nonsense about revenge on an animal? I don’t know. I liked it just for the sake of words and genre but finish it was quite hard and the feelings after? No thanks.