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Review #1
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Dewey Lambdin will always come in second to Patrick O’Brian but having said that, he has written an excellent series of naval novels about the British Royal Navy during the 18th Century. My few quibbles are his overly extended passages about sail handling and boat handling which often go on for several pages. After the third or fourth time, I get the point: he knows the details of the theory and mechanics of sail handling 18th Century sailing vessels. I now simply scan forward until he has finished showing off and resumes the story line. The other annoying issue (at least for me) are his sexual interludes. I have no problem with Alan Lewrie getting involved with grass widows, whores, adventuresses and various morts but he drifts into pornography much too often for my tastes. If I were his editor I would have remove much of the repetitive material and wound up with a book 1/3 shorter…about 200 pages instead of 300 and told him to beef up the story line. Having said all that, I enjoy the story line very much and expanding it at the expense of the excessively graphic sex and the endless descriptionsd of sail handling would have earned him the 5th star in this review.
Review #2
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Aside from the story line, which is engaging, be prepared to immerse yourself in late eighteenth century sailing ships and what it took to handle them. Lambdin must have done extensive research and it paid off in his descriptions of the intricacies of sailing large ships for King and Crown. Having sailed small boats as a kid I was able to appreciate how complex it all was. Big difference from sailing a small sloop as I did and manning a large man of war. The complexity of getting from A to B in a ship on ship attack with variable winds and some twenty different sails to handle boggles the mind. Some of the sailing parts will not be a fast read but I found them fascinating. Begin this series at book one and enjoy the sail all the way through.
There is nothing to dislike about the Lewrie series. Book 1 was on sale. I’m now on book six and intend to read the entire series. The detail, language, descriptions are historically amazing. After a few more of this series I might even be able to be a crew on one of these fantastic sailing vessels.
Review #3
Audiobook The King’s Privateer by Richard Stark
As usual, Lewrie is in more trouble than he can handle in his personal life which is why he turns to his profession to get him out of the frying pan. Unfortunately, as usual, he lands in the fire. I’m struck by the effort Dewey Lambdin puts into making the story flow so well considering the amount of story he has to tell in each book. Every scene is important and well placed and moves the story along at the perfect pace. There are no dull or gratuitous moments. Lambdin never fails to convey that Lewrie is one of the good guys but he’s not a very good person. His personal actions tend to hurt others but he usually comes out on top and profiting from the results and this book furthers that precept about the main character. I liked the story and if you’re a fan don’t hesitate to buy this book too. You’ll like it. If this is the first story in the series you’ve run across then I recommend starting from the beginning and working your way up to this one. You won’t be disappointed.
Review #4
Audio The King’s Privateer narrated by John Chancer
Fourth in the series of “Alan Lewrie” adventure novels, this book continues the upward trend in quality of the whole series…so far. The first book was good, but not great, and each subsequent book has been a little better than the previous one. The author is honing his craft. The books are inventive and diverse: far, far more than just “the naval battle of the day.”
The books suffer a bit from vulgar language and excessive explicit sexual content. This isn’t so very overt as to be a deal-breaker. One rather *expects* a story about 18th century sailors to involve cussing and sex! But the reader is best advised of this in advance.
The author succeeds admirably in making the reader *care* about the protagonist, and in making the reader *want to know what happens next.* These are the two hardest things for an author of fiction to accomplish, and Lambdin accomplishes them very deftly indeed.
Review #5
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I like these books because I have been able to purchase the audible with them so can use them in my shop. Sometime the books are slow but over all they are well written with good historical documentation. I have just purchase the next series the Gun Ketch if you have started something new where you can only purchase audible through the month pay plain then I guess I will be dropping the books. I want the choose to buy a audible with a book when I want it I do not want to be lock into a payment pain where I have to pay monthly just to get a few audible books, I still just like to read at times.
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