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There was more, but the words blurred. p88
I'm starting right here, because the biggest complaint that I have seen about this book is that it isn't detailed enough, that time passes and we see nothing. You don't /have/ to see everything to get a grasp of someone's life. Time passes, we all know it does, and if we sat there and read every little piece of information, saw every breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it would be a very large book and be overly dull. I actually like that you skip time, that you don't hear all of the story. They say less is more and this book grasps that concept perfectly.
If I had one issue with the book it is the way sea terminology was handled. Writers know the readers don't always know the vocabulary or phrasing used in a time period or on a particular subject, so they have to find a way to slip in the definitions or explanations of these things. I didn't find that aspect very well handled, it was so blatantly obvious that it was a slap in the face at the beginning of the book to have people who grew up with the sea have to ask what people mean with their typical lingo or seem to quiz each other on what the things mean. I understand it's a hard skill to master, but this book isn't really even a student of the master yet. It'll do fine for younger readers, but the older you get, the more you're going to notice.
Finally, Bowditch yells. A LOT. We're not talking about getting mad and screaming at someone here, we're talking about when someone is in a normal conversation and just shouts without reason. That's annoying too, because it's never really explained why he does this "roaring" all the time, he just does it and then life (or the conversation) goes on. There maybe should have been a little more there other than an implication well into the book that he got easily upset when people didn't know things, which I thought wasn't a good enough implication to justify the action. If it was his nature, just say so.
This was bsically my review, but here anyway: https://www.librarything.com/review/45590753 :)
I'm starting right here, because the biggest complaint that I have seen about this book is that it isn't detailed enough, that time passes and we see nothing. You don't /have/ to see everything to get a grasp of someone's life. Time passes, we all know it does, and if we sat there and read every little piece of information, saw every breakfast, lunch, and dinner, it would be a very large book and be overly dull. I actually like that you skip time, that you don't hear all of the story. They say less is more and this book grasps that concept perfectly.
If I had one issue with the book it is the way sea terminology was handled. Writers know the readers don't always know the vocabulary or phrasing used in a time period or on a particular subject, so they have to find a way to slip in the definitions or explanations of these things. I didn't find that aspect very well handled, it was so blatantly obvious that it was a slap in the face at the beginning of the book to have people who grew up with the sea have to ask what people mean with their typical lingo or seem to quiz each other on what the things mean. I understand it's a hard skill to master, but this book isn't really even a student of the master yet. It'll do fine for younger readers, but the older you get, the more you're going to notice.
Finally, Bowditch yells. A LOT. We're not talking about getting mad and screaming at someone here, we're talking about when someone is in a normal conversation and just shouts without reason. That's annoying too, because it's never really explained why he does this "roaring" all the time, he just does it and then life (or the conversation) goes on. There maybe should have been a little more there other than an implication well into the book that he got easily upset when people didn't know things, which I thought wasn't a good enough implication to justify the action. If it was his nature, just say so.
This was bsically my review, but here anyway: https://www.librarything.com/review/45590753 :)
