Not only is Moby Dick of all things distinctly not a book that can be ruined in the slightest by being "spoiled," and in fact is the kind of ending that is foreshadowed and almost said outright by the narrator throughout the book from the beginning on, but it's such a shitty way to view media. Does nobody rewatch anything? Every time I reread one of my favorite books I get something else out of it. Repeated rewatches of my favorite films bring me such delight on each viewing. Pursuing this spoiler-obsessed plot lens by which all stories should be viewed is so exhausting and boring. Moby Dick is the kind of book that rewards rereads. It grows in your mind, it blooms like a flower. To stop reading it because you "know how it ends" is to rob yourself of one of the great books, perhaps the greatest USAmerican book of all time.
Not only is Moby Dick of all things distinctly not a book that can be ruined in the slightest by being "spoiled," and in fact is the kind of ending that is foreshadowed and almost said outright by the narrator throughout the book from the beginning on, but it's such a shitty way to view media. Does nobody rewatch anything? Every time I reread one of my favorite books I get something else out of it. Repeated rewatches of my favorite films bring me such delight on each viewing. Pursuing this spoiler-obsessed plot lens by which all stories should be viewed is so exhausting and boring. Moby Dick is the kind of book that rewards rereads. It grows in your mind, it blooms like a flower. To stop reading it because you "know how it ends" is to rob yourself of one of the great books, perhaps the greatest USAmerican book of all time.