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    <body><![CDATA[Although I've been reading the Aubrey/Maturin books on and off for years, I saw the Far Side of the World movie before I got to the book. As others stated, it was interesting to see what was kept and what was dropped in the film, and ultimately, I think they nailed the feel of the books as best they...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65379063">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[O'Brian's on top form with this novel--I could hardly put it down.  <em>Surprise</em> is sent to intercept American frigate <em>Norfolk</em>, whose mission is to harry British whalers in the Southern Pacific--and not in the Greenpeace fashion.  <em>Surprise</em> is struck by lightning, there's murders, chases, shipwrecks and ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10985753">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[    Another of Mr. O'Brian's staggeringly detailed and historically informed novels of life in the British Navy of the early 19th century.  Here, Aubrey and Maturin sail for Cape Horn and the Pacific in pursuit of an American warship preying on British whalers.  Through perils too numerous and dire ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78800933">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Far Side of the World<br/><br/>Maturin and Aubrey go to the far side of the world, around the southern tip of South America, out to the pacific, and on their way, they are castaways, and at the mercy of castrating Amazons.  Why did I not find this offensive?  Is it because Maturin understands wh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43361365">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd've four-starred this one if it weren't for the abrupt ending which seemed kind of deus-ex-machina not to mention not really providing a lot of closure. Kind of like Desolation Island in that respect, actually. It was nice to see which parts of this made it into the movie and which parts of the m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/60707946">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another pleasant journey across the high seas with Jack and Stephen.  This is the book from which the bulk of the movie was drawn, so it was interesting to see what they chose to keep and discard.  None of these books are particularly amenable to the cinema, being, as they are, more paeans to a ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44699366">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Repeated from review of Book 1<br/><br/>That Patrick O'Brian chose to place his characters on the sea in the not so distant past just raised the hurdle I had to leap to get to know this wonderful author.<br/><br/>I had never been enamored with sea stories, didn't much care for European history, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49786120">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was going to do what I usually do and just copypaste what I wrote in my LJ at the time I was actually reading the book, only to find out that my review for Chapter 3 ALONE was already far over the character limit here. Sigh!<br/><br/>Instead I'll just copy my love-rant I wrote when I had just re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12657788">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yet another intensely satisfying installment in the series. It's one of the books of the series least capable of standing by itself, both because it is intricately bound up with nine previous books full of characters and events, and because, as with the rest of the Aubrey-Maturin books, it functions...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1671017">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the characters and I enjoyed the adventures of the Patrick O'Brian books that I read. I learned a lot about the structure of the English Navy in the time of sailing ships and I learned a whole lot more about sailing than I had ever supposed I would. I became very interested in the rigging ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69261573">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The tenth Aubrey/Maturin novel sees O'Brian on top form, probably because the action never gets further from the sea than the top of Gibralter Rock and also because The Surprise is sailed into waters new to her, allowing novelty of description and incident.  <br/>O'Brian's unique style and depth of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43206735">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love the Aubrey Series.  The friendship between Jack and Stephen is one of the truly noble and beautiful friendships in literature.  The sacrifices made for each other in spite of danger and personal preferences.  I am intrigued by what draws these two different personalities together.  What forms...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39853621">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this entire series! This is my favorite. I couldn't stop and was sorry when it ended...because I didn't want it to end, but go on and on. What a wonderful story teller and writer. As you can guess by my photo, I'm a sailor. I loved the sailing descriptions and the naval battle scenes, well he...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69769846">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fabulous. Just fabulous. These books, chronicling the Napoleonic-era naval adventures of Aubrey &amp; Maturin, are so wonderful, and oh, O'Brian gets me every time with the superdramatic, abrupt ending.  They are detailed, funny, erudite, and just gripping.  This installment centers on the <em>Surprise</em> purs...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72482595">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I hadn't read any of Patrick O'Brian's books before, and I only read this one because I liked the movie so much. It was significantly better than I expected! Gripping, exciting, exotic. All in all, extremely amusing.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[WOW!  The first 3/4 was another great Aubrey/Maturin yarn...and then it took off with insane adventure I could not put down.  <br/><br/>Far Side of the World might be one of the strongest of the whole series.  Beyond the nautical adventures the characters are developing and there's plenty of time ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54843891">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57171176">
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  <read_at>Tue May 26 08:51:22 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[As enjoyable on reread as it was originally.  I had forgotten how much I adore this series.  Maturin and Martin are such adorkable science nerds!]]></body>
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    <review id="61563407">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the best entries in the series.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I definitely think this is one of the better books in the series so far.  I thoroughly enjoyed it - plenty of action and unexpected events.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Thoroughly enjoyed it.]]></body>
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