A review by tryonosaurus
Moby-Dick by Herman Melville

slow-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

So, about 75% of this book is straight up factual text about whaling. Which, while interesting, didn't exactly enthrall me. The last part of the book, where Ahab is finally spiraling into madness, is really fucking interesting. So is the very beginning, where Ishmael is talking endlessly about how in love with Queequeg he is. Those parts are dope.