daisyjane reviewed on 7/2/2010 + 7 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I thought the book ran too long and the writing, inconsistent. I was especially annoyed that the author seemed to try to throw in "sensationalism', much as Made for TV movies do, where it was unnecessary for the story to succeed. In some places, her descriptions were absolutely eloquent; at others, the characters used terms that I'd expect were unfamiliar to the period. It was, of course, infinitely more readable than Moby Dick and has teased me to read In the Heart of the Sea, on which Moby Dick was based.

This is good airplane reading (albeit a heavy tome to carry).

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