Just an awful book. Love Michael Chrichton but this is horrendous. It gets worse with every page. ( )

Another one I deleted without finishing. Full of immorality.

Incidentally, this was published posthumously, and would have been better left unpublished. ( )

Nothing to see here. Move along. This isn't the pirate book you're looking for. You want action. You want colorful characters. You want thrills and suspense. That's all stuff that Michael Crichton can provide. We've read it and seen it before, in The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, ER, and others. But this book doesn't deliver the same goods.

Instead, we have a bare-bones plot filled with stereotyped characters and pedestrian writing. The entire time I read it, I kept wondering when the wonder would kick in and it never did. I'm convinced that Mr. Crichton never intended for this version to be published and would be sadly disappointed that it was (or as murph wrote on his behalf, "If only I'd have encrypted my hard drive...."). Well researched, but woefully under-executed, you're better off watching Pirates of the Caribbean for the 14th time or reading the non-fiction [b:The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down|442239|The Republic of Pirates Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down|Colin Woodard|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174806634s/442239.jpg|2082467]. ( )

A quick light mindless pirate themed bunch of pages with fairly high levels of gore and violence.

Not up to the authour's standards. If you like the genre you might rate it a bit higher, but not a lot. ( )

Lusty seafaring story about pirates in the 1600's. I think this is a complete departure of Crichton's works, and much better than the last few that I have read recently. The story is rife with nautical terms and colorful language, and likeable characters as well. This was an easy and entertaining read. ( )