Marissa The Great’s Reviews > Fish by Gregory Mone > Status Update

🎶He’s Fish the swimming pirate,
His first mate is the sea.
Ask that boy to walk the plank And he'll leap straight off with glee.
Blades might clash
And pistols pop,
His life may be at risk, But Fish won't swing
A single blade
Nor even raise his fist.🎶

I love that the captain cares about his crew. He knows all of their names and their loves and personalities. From the best fighters to the lowliest swabs.

YEAH SAMMY. CHEESE IS THE BEST!!!

Fish is such a compassionate main character.
He understands the pirates’ loves and affections, and he wants to help everyone. He doesn’t want death or revenge, but he wants justice.
He is very loyal. He lives out the Creed. He is compassionate, helpful, honest, loyal, perseverant, pure, resourceful, respectful, responsible, and kinda reverent.

I really enjoyed this book. Fish’s not-fighting was so cool!

Ha! The double crossing! The questioning of loyalty! The plot!
This is a fantastic pirates book.

I also love the romance between Nate and Nora. No love triangles, just two devoted to each other. Like love should be.

YES. I LOVE THIS SMART SIDE OF FISH!!!

And Tenneford the Terrible is a pretty silly name. Captain Terror is much cooler.

I love that Fish was able to escape the Slippery Noodle!

Oh Fish. You should have told him! But anyway, this is getting good!!!

This book is quickly becoming one of my more interesting reads of the month. The writing isn’t as good as some other books I’ve read before, there isn’t much character development. But its plot is very interesting and I just keep reading.

Okay, it was definitely either Daniel, Noah, or Scab outside the door.

How hard would it have been to take a minute to make sure Daniel felt assured? Not that hard. Yes, it’s important, but so is friendship. Trust on a pirate ship doesn’t come easy.