Vent: Gave up on Moby-Dick after 150 pages and never looked back

Thea White · 2026-07-13T06:15:04.637456+00:00

I picked it up 3 years ago during a rainy week in Portland, thinking I'd power through the whale stuff. But then there's like 30 pages just about the color white and I was done. My buddy at the dog shop said the same thing, he quit at chapter 42. Anyone else bail on that book?

rowan_hayes3mo ago

Wait, 30 pages about the color white? That's actually real?

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lilymurphy3mo ago

Oh wow, 30 pages JUST on the color white? That's honestly hilarious and also completely terrifying. I would have given up too, that's wild.

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grayw323mo ago

Chapter 32 had me noping out. Too much whale anatomy for my taste.

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