Sloppy, clumsy, incompetent writing.The characters have no depth, their actions are illogical, their feelings have to be explained in plain words because there is no skill to suggest anything, and even the word choice is frequently very unfortunate.Nor is the plot anything special to make up for the...
A disappointing 2 Stars Band of Brothers is the final book in early Trilogy of the Richard Bolitho series. The trilogy deals with Richards early days as a midshipman. It appears this final book of the trilogy was written well after the first two books and after the majority of the whole series.I...
An Improved 4 Stars Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger is the second book covering the exploits of the young officer, Richard Bolitho. This is again a slim volume and written is a simple and clear style that could be enjoyed by readers of many ages. Unlike the first book, this story covered a smal...
This one disappointed me. First it's short. 125 pages more or less. This concludes the Bolitho Midshipman series. I feel cheated somehow. The whole what happened to Martyn is not in the book. That's ... that's ... I don't know how to express my anger at this. I wanted to know how. Richard gets his l...
I know there are many people who love these books, and others of the genre, dearly. And I mean no offense to them when I say, these are not for me. I don't care enough about life at the sea, and even with the rum and occasional flogging, the books are far too antiseptic to satisfy the historian in m...
The second book in the series
Unabridged and read by Michael Jayston. The last section, about the wreckers, was the best bit.
First book in the Bolitho age of sail series. I read this one in French. The translation is quite good much better than the O'Brian books (which I stopped reading in French after 100 pages in the first book). The age of sail era has a lot of good novels to offer readers. Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Mat...
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