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Hmmm, not interested in that. Lol
Is the book fantasy? Like does the whale talk or something? Or is he just talking about going whale hunting(if that's the word).
Well, I can't say anything but thank you for saving me a possible week or two of reading something I really have no interest in. I genuinely thought the whale would end up speaking and some fantasy stuff would occur.
Hugo's Hunchback is much the same. There is genuinely a good story, with the gypsy, the priest, Quasimodo himself, and then a good half the center of the book is just a complete history of the Notre Dame cathedral.
I actually have a habit of skipping what I call "stuffing" when I sense it's just stuff I really don't care to know. Saves me some good number of pages. Alexandre Dumas does this a lot in his books. When I read "The count of Monte Cristo", I skipped all the parts where he described landscapes and ocean and all that lovey shit. Lol
There's a chapter where Ishmael gets mad that all the whales are named wrong. He spends a while renaming them better.
It's a very odd book. I quite liked it, but it's definitely in the recommend with caution group.
Well, I'm glad I mentioned it here to get some feedback. Phew, it would have been a very long read, especially for me. lol
Mammals are supposed to have hair. Don't try to pretend you've seen a whale with a bob or braids. Ishmael was 100% right here.