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On Stranger Tides

Tim Powers

Start date: March 1, 2018

Finish date: March 29, 2018

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Apr 30, 2012 Scott Firestone rated it really liked it

Having just introduced Son the Elder to the first two Pirates of the Caribbean movies, I was feeling nostalgic for this beloved author--whose work was...borrowed heavily from for those movies.

John Chandagnac is out for revenge. He's on the way to Haiti to deal justice to his treacherous and murderous uncle. But he's waylaid by pirates, and given the choice to die or join them. He takes the obvious choice and it's a pirate's life for him... Soon he has bigger fish to fry, as he races to save a d ...more

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Dec 01, 2010 Michelle rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this quite a bit - the humor is "dry", not slapstick as you might expect from pirate movies such as POTC or Yellowbeard, so be prepared for that... but it is plentiful. The main drawback is that the only female character of note is pretty much drugged unconscious through the whole book - she's more of a plot device than an actual character. This could have been 5+ stars if the author had found some way to incorporate a vital, strong woman in the same role. Even worse, the few times she ...more

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Sep 02, 2022 James rated it liked it · review of another edition

Started ok, got very confused, went a bit mad and then ended impressively but not brilliantly. This could be the main character or the book in general. There is some great stuff in here, and also some chunks that are a bit incoherent. Many of these are brought together reasonably well at the end, but there were certainly some strange times getting there.

This is the second time Tim Powers has lost his way in the middle of a book for me and I’m starting to develop opinions.

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