[sharktrager]

I think the problem with Moby Dick is that some people can come up with great story ideas, and some can write well. Those who can do both are rare, and, in my opinion, Melville wasn't one of them.

As they said in the movie Taps, "It's the wrong execution of the right idea."

[durasell]

The guy had a 19th century sensibility. Plus, he was a very odd guy. I can't hold him to 21st century standards of "get to the poiint, already." I read the thing after being "at sea" over an extended period and loved it. I haven't re-read, but do go back and dip into it every once in awhile.

[Francis McClobber]

I had to laugh when I read your post. I forced myself to read it a few years ago, because it was supposed to be one of the best novels ever written.

Just when the story started to get good, Melville would start waxing poetic about a species of whale.