Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex (Boston Gobe-Horn Book Honors (Awards))

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Summary: revenge of the whale not a good book you better not read it
Review: i read this book the reveng of the whale.it is about a huge sperm whale that attacks a ship that is trying to capturen it.they are trying to kill it beacuse of the sperm oil it has.they bring it back to land and sell it.i didnt like the book becase it didnt really have a main charecter.all it talked about is what the ship did and how they capiutur the whales.i also didnt like it because i thought it was going to have more action in it.most of the time ther just sailing and not really doing anything really exiting.it also dont really have a story line all it talkes about is what the ship is doing.it has no charecter conflicts.i was expecting more fights seenes with the whale and i would have hopped the would have discribed the whale better and how it attacked the ship more.some of the things i did like about it was it had one vwery god part in it.when the capterd one of the whales.it told how the got it and what they had to do to get it.i also like the pictures in the book it showed what the whales looked like and all the tools they had.i really didnt like this book but if you read it mabey you will u might be suprised.

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Summary: Interesting...
Review: Revenge of the Whale is a somewhat gory book. The prelude really gets you interested, but when the stroy starts, it's pretty boring; all about the island of Nantucket and how sailing and whaling is their life...lalala. Once they hit the water, the story starts to get a little interesting, though. A whale rams the Essex ship and all twenty men get onto the smaller whaleboats floating out in the middle of the ocean. The captain is a very pressured man and never goes withwhat he thinks. Everyone can change his mind if there's majority. This course eventually leads to seperation of the crew, thirst, hunger, and cannibalism... It's up to you if you want to read it. Moby Dick was based on the story of the Essex so if you liked MOby Dick, you might like this.

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Summary: Blow The Whale Down
Review: What is this book about? Whale revenge? What is that? I read the whole book and all they do is ride around in a boat. And there's a whale. And they kill it. This is basically Moby Dick for kids. I'm guessing the whale is the main character as none of the characters are memorable. I don't fault the author, but what editor allowed this book to sneak by? I guess somebody who likes whales a real lot.