EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

This begins a group discussion of our Classic book selection, Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville, nominated by Adrienne.
Here you can comment, without spoilers, on any aspects of the book, either before, during, or after reading it.

I finally read this a few months back, I expected it to be a challenging read and it was but I prepare I listened to an audio drama (borrowed from libby), read a screenplay and watched a miniseries, all broadly covered this novel and made this an easier read, where I enjoyed it and gave it 4*. And I would read this again.

Just got through the first fifty pages (or to the start of chapter 10). I can apreciate shorter chapters, especally when a lot of books of this length require far more time to get through even one. But despite its length, the prose makes it all read relitivly easily.

I had never read this before but felt like I should. I opted for the young readers edition, less than 200 pages with pictures and I think it was a good choice.

Fantastic novel! Loved it.