Mentioning Moby Dick to most people, even prolific readers, will be met with responses about how they'd never want to read such a long heavy boring book.
I have been met with a lot of surprise from people when I mention I love it. They all assume it's this overly deep and "full of itself" epic, which no regular reader would enjoy.
They honestly don't believe me when I describe how funny it is.
It's the same reason that this sub has a monthly post of someone discovering how good and funny this book is even though they thought they wouldn't like it and just see it as a chore to read.
It absolutely has a bad rep.
Mentioning Moby Dick to most people, even prolific readers, will be met with responses about how they'd never want to read such a long heavy boring book.
I have been met with a lot of surprise from people when I mention I love it. They all assume it's this overly deep and "full of itself" epic, which no regular reader would enjoy.
They honestly don't believe me when I describe how funny it is.
It's the same reason that this sub has a monthly post of someone discovering how good and funny this book is even though they thought they wouldn't like it and just see it as a chore to read.