Van Halbgott reviewed Moby Dick by Herman Melville
A historic yet strange take on whaling
4 stars
I may not have kept track of this book when I began and finished reading it but I can summarize the story without going too much into detail about it.
Moby Dick is a mysterious American novel that turned out way more darker than I had intended nor like how the book was depicted in mass media.
The book is an intriguing read if you want to explore other cultures while reading about historic fiction set in the 1800s like maybe before the Industrial Revolution or when imperial European powers take over the New World until the American Revoution.
It was a good book to read because I also got to learn about the 19th century practice of whaling even though whales now have protected rights as sea creatures with rights.
It was a different culture of a different time in the United States long before so many amenities were …
I may not have kept track of this book when I began and finished reading it but I can summarize the story without going too much into detail about it.
Moby Dick is a mysterious American novel that turned out way more darker than I had intended nor like how the book was depicted in mass media.
The book is an intriguing read if you want to explore other cultures while reading about historic fiction set in the 1800s like maybe before the Industrial Revolution or when imperial European powers take over the New World until the American Revoution.
It was a good book to read because I also got to learn about the 19th century practice of whaling even though whales now have protected rights as sea creatures with rights.
It was a different culture of a different time in the United States long before so many amenities were made now.
They say this book is the Great American Read and Herman Melville is a vintage American author I read.
Even if the setting of the book started from New England the other cast members are quite exotic like pulp fiction that existed later long ago.
As a bonus, I was reading the Hellboy comics by Mike Mignola and Dark Horse Comics and they quoted Moby Dick there too despite the themes.
Not that it distracts from the book…
Overall, the book only got recognition from the modern press since nobody liked Moby Dick at the time it was released, but this is an antique work.
