I’m 1/2 way through it and had to put it down for a while. I think it loses it’s path a lot (on the main story, not the little asides), and it’s absurd this weirdo of a book is considered such a valuable and precious classic.
All that is not to say I don’t like some parts of it. I think all the time about Melville passionately discussing whether a whale is a fish or a mammal, and ultimately going with fish. I find the whole culture of whaling being described fascinating. This guy really can craft a sentence. And I liked when whales get compared to sizes sheets of paper come in.
I’m 1/2 way through it and had to put it down for a while. I think it loses it’s path a lot (on the main story, not the little asides), and it’s absurd this weirdo of a book is considered such a valuable and precious classic.
All that is not to say I don’t like some parts of it. I think all the time about Melville passionately discussing whether a whale is a fish or a mammal, and ultimately going with fish. I find the whole culture of whaling being described fascinating. This guy really can craft a sentence. And I liked when whales get compared to sizes sheets of paper come in.