The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (Pirates, #)
by:
Gideon Defoe (author)
ASIN: B006ZUK2CU
Publish date: January 30th 2012
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Edition language: English
Series: The Pirates! (#1)
bookshelves: pirates-smugglers-wreckers, philosophy, zoology, seven-seas, winter-20112012 Read from January 02 to 03, 2012 Dedication - To Sophie, who has a quarter of a million poundsOpening - 'The best bit about being a pirate,' said the pirate with gout, 'is the looting.'There be footnotes and...
Short and silly. An enjoyable read.
This has been labelled as an adult book in the public library but I suspect it's more young teens (YA) because while it was mildly amusing as a read for me, I don't get the wry humour. I might be just out of the target reader market.
Two weeks ago, I went to my nearest cinema to watch The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists. It was a fun little film, and it's classic Aardman entertainment, but it's nothing great. In fact, as far as Aardman films go, it's maybe a little notch above Flushed Away. But it isn't bad, it just isn...
I don't really know where to start writing a review for Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists. When I was sent a review copy I have to admit that the cover didn't really catch my attention, in fact I doubt I'd have picked it up if I hadn't realised that the book is the inspiration for the new Aar...
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