packed

Very pretty writing style. At times it got too detailed for my brain to stay focused on the story.

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Hard Work

It has some good parts but it is very hard work to get into, the performance was good just the writing makes it difficult

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“There she blows!”

I haven’t been able to face getting back into Moby Dick since I was at school, so the Audible book felt like the most accessible. And I wasn’t disappointed. The tale itself is at its best a swashbuckling tale of camaraderie, mateSHIP and obsession and at its worst a sailor’s detailed manual of every single detail you could ever need to know about boats, whales and sailing knots. When it’s not getting bogged down by itself the story is a joy, and although Anthony Heald only appears to have one other accent as his disposal for characters, I grew to love him and his narrative styling over the course of the rather epic run-time. Would recommend if you love complete and utter immersion in the language.

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Brilliant classic

Having this book read to you is excellent. I have tried reading this book in novel form several times and given up. But it is just excellent having it read to you. Most enjoyable. Give it a go !

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A true classic and an absorbing tale

Hermin Melville's story rightfully holds its place in the pantheon of classic 19th century literature. Whilst I spent the whole time feeling sorry for the whales, the book is an entertaining and balanced exploration of the whaling world as it existed in the 1840s-50s. The character studies and internal subjective thought perceptions of the various persons itself is wonderfully captured and presented. And the narration of this edition is simply masterful.

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its a trip

A 130 chapter look at the whaling industry, filled with funny anecdotes and incidents to make you ponder, capped off with a 5 chapter story about Moby Dick and Captain Ahab....

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I survived reading Moby Dick, so can you

Anyone hoping for a fast Clipper though another Classic, will be disappointed. For this book is a slow boat with frequent ridiculously digressive stops. I was bored, tormented and had persistent mutinous thoughts of finding an abridged version. On finishing, I listened to the BBC’s In Our Time podcast, in which three academics lovingly discussed the book.

For all that, I am glad that I got through it. I would not have survived without the brilliant narrator. Certain parts were funny; characters were well-drawn, the detailed discourse on whaling was very useful in understanding the fabulous story itself and the action sequences.

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harder than usual to get into for an audiobook

i read this when i was young and loved it, as an audio book in chunks of 2 hour blocks it was harder to follow the story. still delightful, just one of the rare few thats better read then listened to

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what an ending!

the 15 hour build up was worth every second of the 30 minute conclusion.

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Old Storytelling

Brilliant prose, but so much fluff and unnecessary information on whales species we never see.
A modern edit would be brilliant.

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