Do you like Moby-Dick?

Please use this sub-forum to discuss any fiction books or series that do not fit into one of the other categories. If the fiction book fits into one the other categories, please use that category instead.
Post Reply
CAPSLOCKENGAGED
Posts: 12
Joined: 18 Mar 2012, 20:54
Bookshelf Size: 0

Do you like Moby-Dick?

Post by CAPSLOCKENGAGED »

I am interested in reading it, since it is such an essential part of the English canon apparently, but just about every person whose literary opinion I respect says it is one of the most boring books they've ever read and had to finish it as a chore.

Have you read it and did you like it?
User avatar
Maud Fitch
Posts: 2730
Joined: 28 Feb 2011, 23:05
Favorite Author: Jasper Fforde
Favorite Book: The Eyre Affair
Bookshelf Size: 0
fav_author_id: 4856

Post by Maud Fitch »

It was one of those books you 'had' to read which is a guaranteed way to put me off. I was too young to appreciate it at the time, whereas now I understand the emotion in it. Even though Herman Melville wrote this book in 1851, the personalities of characters Ishmael and Captain Ahab can translate to today. To answer your question, I think it is a rather tedious read.
"Every story has three sides to it - yours, mine and the facts" Foster Meharny Russell
User avatar
CashJames
Posts: 56
Joined: 18 Oct 2011, 09:46
Favorite Author: Leo Tolstoy
Bookshelf Size: 0
fav_author_id: 2780

Post by CashJames »

I really enjoyed it. However, I think an abridged version would be welcomed more so than as is. The story I love, but at times it is like an outdated text about whales - wordy as well.
"We're all in the gutter, but some of us are looking up at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
User avatar
Alexander_john
Posts: 5
Joined: 23 Mar 2012, 07:43
Bookshelf Size: 0

Post by Alexander_john »

Hello,
Due to your post i decide to check it,
Would you share any link so its easy to fond it.
cgw
Posts: 14
Joined: 23 Apr 2012, 13:15
Bookshelf Size: 0

Post by cgw »

I found it hard going for the first half. But then it picked up and I found it hard to put down nearer the end.
Post Reply

Return to “Other Fiction Forum”