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Remember that essay of Mark Twain's where he's bashes Cooper for the irrationality of Indians missing a huge, extremely slow moving steamboat as it drifts down the river? Yeah. there's huge holes in the logic like that. Well, not quite that bad, but it's getting there.
But still, suspend all disbelief, and the book is lighthearted and fun. There was a lot of elements that seemed a bit derivative at first -- until I realized that this book was probably the creator of most of the "pirate" tropes. ...more
But still, suspend all disbelief, and the book is lighthearted and fun. There was a lot of elements that seemed a bit derivative at first -- until I realized that this book was probably the creator of most of the "pirate" tropes. ...more
Oct 27, 2021
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3,5 Stars
Nostalgia doesn’t quite hold up with this one, but it’s still a fun adventure.
Nostalgia doesn’t quite hold up with this one, but it’s still a fun adventure.
Enough "Shiver me Timbers" and "Yo Ho Ho"'s to please any pirate fan. Although it is difficult to figure out what the pirate characters are saying since it is written in 18th century sailor slang and dialect, but it gets easier to figure out as you get used to it.
Surprisingly this was my first interaction with the story other than a passing awareness of the Muppet movie and riding on Pirates of the Caribbean. The story is not too bad, although you can kind of guess how it is going to end before ...more
Surprisingly this was my first interaction with the story other than a passing awareness of the Muppet movie and riding on Pirates of the Caribbean. The story is not too bad, although you can kind of guess how it is going to end before ...more
It was OK, but it didn’t thrill me as much as I hoped it would. I wish I could say I would have enjoyed it more if I’d read it as a kid, but I tended to prefer stories featuring at least one female character with whom I could identify and often found sausage fests like this one dissatisfying. That sort of thing doesn’t bother me as much now that I’m a crotchety old lady, but it does still bother me.
This reviewer expresses the rest of my feelings about this book better than I could (plus she incl ...more
This reviewer expresses the rest of my feelings about this book better than I could (plus she incl ...more
Jan 29, 2011
Ellen
marked it as to-read
Oct 16, 2011
Jodi
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2012
Susan
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it was amazing
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Dec 06, 2013
Jennifer
marked it as to-read
Jan 31, 2017
Lisa
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May 06, 2017
Pennygale
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