Billy Budd, Sailor Audiobook

" Very descriptive and very melodramatic. It speaks to me in more ways than one but perhaps a second read is necessary. "

" Hands down the worst book I have ever had the misfortune to read! It's only redeaming quality is that it is very short. It was agonizing and horrid. Boring, and difficult. "

" I like the Christ metaphor, but I found this one dry and hard to read. I had to force myself to get it read. "

" Bagus sih, tapi kayaknya ada yang kurang pas rasanya...mungkin gaya tulisannya? "

" I thought this was hard to read but very interesting writing style! "

" There is so much to this short work that I could go on for days talking about it. Great story, characters, symbolism, theme, etc. One of the best I have ever used in the classroom. "

" Tough going at the beginning, but as it's only 88 pages I was determined to persevere. It got easier, but still didn't really do it for me. It's more of a character study than a story. But not a very indepth character study. "

" I remember really liking this one in college. I had to read closely for clues to who the mutineer really was...a few images come to mind, but I remember really liking it. "

" It was really hard and confusing. There is a lot of symbolism, but I wasn't able to pick it up on my own. "

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

" This book is so beautifully written. It is a Christ allegory that takes a little bit to get, but it's very powerful. "

" I am reading this book for my English honors class. Very good, great vocabulary. "

" I just read this last year- I don't know what I was waiting for. "

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

" Read in my "Jurisprudence and the Law" class with Professor Powers at UT Law. "

" before this Am Lit class, I hadn't read this text. once I assigned--and began hearing complaints from students about how hard it was--I doubted my intentions. but as I read it yesterday, chuckling as I did, I knew it was a good choice. I really do like Melville and this seems quintessential him. "

" Well, it certainly does SUCK. "

" Not the equal of Melville's masterpiece, but worth reading. "

" An enjoyable parable, with Billy-as-Christ easy to see. But the prose if often far more difficult than needed. "

" I had to rate this just three stars. Melville's language, although clear and distinct, is just so overdone. I used to think this was just an affectation of his times...but, having more recently read other authors of the era...or slightly afterwards...I realize that isn't necessarily so. "

" This little book has intrigued me for years. There's much to think about here. "

" Well, it certainly does SUCK. "

" 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 "

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

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

" Much more digestible than Moby Dick. "