Reader’s Note
8 out of 10
September to May. The whaling chapters are the ones people warn you about and they turned out to be my favourite part; a few pages of rope or blubber is about right for a Tuesday.
by@thebigsleepyWritten 21 August 2026Read 16 August 2026
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