Billy Budd, Foretopman Audiobook (Unabridged)

" This was a forced read in HS. *Shudder* "

" Magnificent, haunting, and complex -- the nature of evil, humanity's need to eradicate the blankness of the natural, and the mercilessness of institutions and war. "

" In his usual style, Melville continually kept my brain working by using numerous historical, biblical, and mythical allusions. "

" Let me preface this by saying I had to read it for class last week, so it started out at a disadvantage. It was ok, but nothing special. The plot seemed secondary to Melville's digressions, which while not completely without merit, always worry me in a work so short. That aside, the plot was not terribly interesting and, except for the pivotal scene, predictable. I'm also angry that I had to read it for class, and we only discussed it for 20 minutes. "

" About halfway through at present, reminds me of Wuthering Heights, the story takes second place to the character studies and the juxtaposition of good and evil. The main difference to me is that Bronte did a field study while Melville preferred the lab. "

" if i could give it a lower score i would "

" This is possibly the worst book I have ever read in my entire life. I gave it one star only because; it is not possible to give zero stars, and the vocab has helped to prepare me for the SAT. "

" a tough read but rewarding "

" I had to read this book twice: once for honors English and once for Political Science. Hated it both times. Therefore, I was made president of The Billy Budd Society (BBS) at ETSU, which required that all members must never have read Billy Budd or have hated it if they did. "

" What an incredible story on justice "

" This is one of the only books that I fell asleep (multiple times) while reading "

" Um, I don't think this is the best short story ever written. Go to James Joyce and Flannery O'Connor for that feat. "

" I know I read this in high school. I know I didn't like it. I no longer remember it at all so I'm guessing it didn't have too much of an impact on me. There are some books from the 1001 books list that I don't remember well but would read again. This is not one of them. "

" MY goodness. Melville spends more time describing the beautiful torsos of young men than he does the sea. Enough already! Couldn't finish it. "

" Now I've read something by Herman Melville. Check that one off! Maybe Moby Dick next? "

" This book was left uncompleted at the time of Melville's death. It is not in the same league as Moby Dick. Melville was not particularly successful as a writer, and this book tends to show that. Perhaps he only had one truly great book in him. "

" I'm not a fan of Melville. "

" Most homoerotic required reading I've ever been faced with, as well a lovely example of an intrusive narrator who enjoys pleonasm. "

" As much as I love reading classics, I kind of hated this one. It was so confusing and hard to understand :( At least I got a 100% on my Literary Analysis Paper! "

" Well, it certainly does SUCK. "

" Easy read. Only read this because it was required for a class. But I'm not a Melville fan. "

" Emily was right. Booooo Billy Budd booooo "

" WTF did I just read. No clue what happened. Thank god the last chapter had a quick sum up of events. "

" Wish I could've given it a 3.5 "

" Interesting Insites into navel history. library book sale. "

" Reading Project Gutenberg, and too lazy to create a new book to prove it. "

" This book was left uncompleted at the time of Melville's death. It is not in the same league as Moby Dick. Melville was not particularly successful as a writer, and this book tends to show that. Perhaps he only had one truly great book in him. "

" I laughed when there was a heated discussion in one episode of The Sopranos about this book. Not one of my favorites, but not terrible, either. "

" a wonderful classic, i criedthen i cried again in the movi3 version "

" if i could give it a lower score i would "

" The worst punishment I could imagine my hell to be is reading this book. "

" Much more digestible than Moby Dick. "