" This book was introduced to me as the quintessential moral quandary. Supposedly, Budd engaged in mutiny and the captain/admiral was forced to decide whether to administer the appropriate punishment, which was death, despite the fact that Billy was incredibly popular. But his popularity was what made him dangerous. Sounds good, right? I just could NOT care about any of these people. If I remember right, I couldn't even understand what Budd had supposedly done wrong. So this book could not answer for me the fundamental question all books must answer: "who cares?" (The answer should be, at least, "me!") "
— Phyllis, 1/13/2014