I did enjoy this book, but more specifically from the middle to the end of the book. The beginning of the book was awful boring. The first couple of chapters were used to give background information on Natucket and on whaling. I found this information not intriguing and somewhat repetitive. When the book got to interesting chapters from the middle to the end of the book, I was hooked. The Essex crew members journey of survival was very interesting.
Choosing a book to read was a lot different from reading an assigned book. I was able to read without stopping, which I normally would've had to do if I was reading an assigned book, due to annotations and such. I enjoyed picking the book too, for it gave me a chance to read something I would be interested in.
When reading, I was able to pay attention to details well. Due to the fact that I didn't have to stop and annotate, I was able to pay attention to details better and understand the flow of the story a lot better as well. There were few if any literary elements in this book, and I did not make any strong connections to the text.
I need to work on tracking character development better. It was hard to track the development in this book because it really isn't written like a normal book in the first few chapters, instead its written more like an informative essay. Once the book actually started to talk about the Essex voyage, I found it hard to keep track of the character's character, for the author jumped from one person to another too quickly.
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