The Basics: The Sea Hawk, Rafael Sabatini, 1921, 358 pages, softcoverHow I found it: Random browsing in Greg's section of the bookshelf.
What's it about?: An English gentleman is framed for murder, becomes a Muslim pirate and tries to get revenge. I believe it takes place in the 1600s or so.
Did I like it?: Having read the ultimate revenge novel, Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo at the tender age of 8, I'm a bit jaded when it comes to revenge novels. Therefore, I didn't really like this one. The revenge wasn't calculated enough and the protagonist wasn't in the slightest bit likable. The author seemed to throw in plot details at random and so the book didn't seem very well thoughout and was poorly written.
Would you like it?: Well, Greg says that "girls wouldn't like Sabatini" so perhaps that is my excuse. However, I have no problem with so-called "man books" and often enjoy them so that's not it. I think you would only like this book if you were a teenage boy who wanted to read an adventure story or if you were really into pirates. I suppose this will teach me not to randomly root around in Greg's books!
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