mattv • to read

exquisitecorp • read

I loved the queer storyline with Queequeg. I found the language exciting, strange, compelling - especially in the beginning of the book. The LibriVox reader made th e language more exciting as well. I loved his pronunciation of "harponeers" and his voicing of Captain Ahab inspired. But I found the book dragging in places, especially in the middle. And the end is so sudden! Right when we finally meet the whale. The story of the white whale's pursuit by Ahab is not nearly as interesting without the specific language and experimentation of the book. "The first modern novel." I want to read a tale from Queequeg's experience.