Book Review 2-03

I read Moby Dick, which was written by Herman Melville. This book is rated as the best of literature about ocean.

Main characters are Captain Ahab who was wearing a prosthetic limb, Starbuck who was a chief mate, Ishmael who was a narrator, Queequeg was a whaler. They came aboard "the Pequod" which is their ship and followed on white whale, which they said some call "Moby Dick" over the years. They got rid of a multitude of problems, so the journey came to its dramatic and tragic end when the Pequod, sailing despite dark portents, sights Moby Dick. For three long days the ship battled the white whale. Moby Dick shattered the Pequod’s hunting boats and then charged the ship itself, finally sinking it. Ahab and all the crew drown except Ishmael, who used the coffin built for Queequeg as a buoy. By pure luck, the still-searching Rachel sailed by and rescued Ishmael.

It was a adventure story I thought. It was interesting but a little boring for me.