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Re:Ask HN: What are some must read books? by arduinomancer on Monday December 06, 2021 @01:58PM (#29464043)
Just to add a counter opinion: I found Moby Dick a real slog to get through

It has very detailed descriptions of whaling which I didn't find interesting

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Re:Ask HN: What are some must read books? by mindcrime on Monday December 06, 2021 @02:06PM (#29464144)
I second this 100%. I found Moby Dick extremely tedious and mostly boring except for a few highlights here and there. And as the old saying goes "Melville never met a run-on sentence he didn't love."
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