Review: A Sailor's Point of View
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
Owen Chase’s narrative of the whale ship Essex was a time period piece that describes the life of a sailor. I bought the book because I heard that there is movie coming out about it and I always try to read the source material for a movie to get a better understanding of the story. I heard that Chase’s account of his journey is what inspired Moby Dick, so it had to be a good story. The book is a straightforward account of what really transpired on the Essex. The writing is reads like a journal, and I felt like I was being told a story from the sailor who survived the entire journey.The story itself is pretty intense. I felt like some of the things that the crew had to contend with would change them for life. As I was reading, I would cringe at some of the descriptions because the writing made it feel so real. I’m even more excited about the movie coming out now, because I think that they’ll do a great job adapting the story from this book to the big screen