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Solid short story

Revisado: 06-12-24

Good story, interesting side characters, but slow pace, old language and narration make it hard to enjoy.

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Aubrey Maturin at its finest

Revisado: 08-19-19

From indies to Australia in this volume. The flow of the series is at its best in the repeating year of 1813. All the characters and places seem so very real.

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Hornblower light

Revisado: 04-10-19

Already done all the Hornblowers and O’briens and still need more age of sail goodbess? Try Bolitho series next. But after that you could do worse than Sails On the Horizon. Its a solid story, nothing super impressive but definitely not bad. There’s a (doomed or not?) romance subplot with a quaker woman, and a few well done side characters, that rise this above the weaker sailing adventures.

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A romp through rivers of north america

Revisado: 02-13-19

After the claustrophobic, locked in place #4, this is a much more lighthearted thing, with Jack and Jamie zooming all over the NA map meeting a vast array of characters. And it's not very good really. There's too many new faces, too many places, nobody is developed past a 1-dimensional paper cutout caricature. It's not bad, it's just not up there with the best of the series and in particular, doesn't compare well at all with the previous one.
The narrator Katherine Kellgren though, is better than ever, spectacularly well done.

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Need even more napoleonic naval action?

Revisado: 03-06-17

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Just like Hornblower, just not quite as good (actually, seems Ramage even was Hornblowers messmate as a midshipman). Comparable in quality to Bolitho books.

Any additional comments?

Worth your time if you've already gone through all Aubrey-Maturin and Hornblower books and are not satisfied yet.

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Excellent follow up to Bloody Jack

Revisado: 11-21-16

What made the experience of listening to Curse of the Blue Tattoo the most enjoyable?

I was hesitant to pick this up, knowing it's set on girl-school, not man-o-war. Silly me. The story continues well, jack keeps on trying to make do and keeps on getting her feet kicked from under her.

What did you like best about this story?

Really growing to hate a few of the characters. But despite that, everybody was quite believable and well fleshed out.

Any additional comments?

Katherine Kellgren is probably the best narrator I've come across.

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Superb story with fresh angle

Revisado: 11-21-16

Where does Bloody Jack rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Not quite Aubrey Maturin, but maybe on par with Hornblower or Bolitho. The tone is teen-friendly, with a dark undertone and a few a bit grizzly scenes. Like one friend getting murdered and the murderer walking away free.

What did you like best about this story?

Life aboard a frigate, from viewpoint of a girl pretending to be a ships boy, and done well and believably.

Any additional comments?

Katherine Kellgren is probably the best narrator I've come across yet.

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4th book, still on same voyage.

Revisado: 04-24-16

Would you listen to The Wine-Dark Sea again? Why?

Just relistened the whole series this far, to get a better picture of the whole.

Any additional comments?

And it's still great. Best series ever, with not a hint of quality drop.

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Alternative narrator

Revisado: 09-08-15

If you could sum up The Surgeon's Mate in three words, what would they be?

Awesome historical fiction

What about Simon Vance’s performance did you like?

More matter of fact, less caricature than Rick Jerrom

Any additional comments?

Just pointing out there are 2 versions of this book in audible, one by the series normal narrator and then this... which is different but by no means worse.

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Brilliant

Revisado: 11-12-12

What did you like best about this story?

The story morphs from a fun childrens story to a tragedy of tormented people and to a critical view of humanity. The beginning is much like the way it was shown in Disneys "Sword in Stone", though with some darker undertones.

What about Neville Jason’s performance did you like?

Usually I'm not fond of the reader "acting" or overacting the parts, but here the performance was just too good to not love. Staying true to the tone of the story, during the tragic parts the telling was well toned down.

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