The last post...

It is sad but I am done with reading "In the Heart Of The Sea". It was a great book from start to finish. At first I was intrigued with the history of the art of whale hunting but as I kept reading it began to become more action packed and even scary at some parts. The thing I really liked in the book was the constant history references. The author intertwined history with the book extremely well. He was able to both keep an interesting story and teach me how the world was like way back in the days of whale hunting. Throughout the story you can see how whaling evolved from a couple of men looking for a monster to a multi-billion dollar whaling industry. This book is extremely dramatic and explores many different areas of the human mind. This could be seen by the authors and the main characters constant remarks explaining how the mind deteriorates without food, water, and entertainment, leading to insanity. I really enjoyed Nathaniel Philbricks writing style using a historical event and converting it into a intense story. I often caught my self telling the book not to do something, for example when they ate there dead friend. But if you were in that situation you would probably eat the friend as well. I think the author was aiming for the reader to be in the characters shoes and agree with the tough decisions they had to make. I loved having a semester reading book because it gave me something to do over the weekend or even during a class. It was also really fun making the trailer for the book. Although I loved having to read the semester book "In The Heart Of The Sea" I hated blogging so so so much because it is easy to forget and it is a journal entry online and I don't really have the fastest internet. Reading the book was a great way to finish 2014!