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mizreads's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Ohhhhhhh my gods. OHHHHHHHHHHH my gods. I don't know why it took me over a year to finish this, but it did - yet at the very least I'm so glad I finished it.
I remember reading the first half like a madman. I really enjoyed the premise of a chef and a pirate - and a female pirate at that! And then I started reading it and I was immersed into an absolutely fantastical world. The writing is fantastic, every time I read I felt like I was quite literally transported into a pirate's ship navigating the roaring seas. New vocabulary, too! Especially about ships. Wait till all my neurodivergent friends hear about this 😂
I can't really say why I dropped the book for a while. I think it was mostly because I got super busy as I was moving to a whole new continent, and then school came in like a cannonball and I had to drop reading for a little bit. But then I finally picked it up again, this time in physical form, and I immediately fell in love again with the text. It was as if I hadn't even forgotten it, honestly.
The book is so vivid in its words about the sea and the ship and food, and ugh it just feels so real in my head. The visuals are breathtaking, and they're all text! The focus on day-to-day interactions was also something really fun and cool to me.
I don't know what to feel about that ending :) Bittersweet, I suppose. I wish Mabbot didn't die, but I also don't see any 'correct' reading aside from that. I'll keep her in my fanfics though.
I remember reading the first half like a madman. I really enjoyed the premise of a chef and a pirate - and a female pirate at that! And then I started reading it and I was immersed into an absolutely fantastical world. The writing is fantastic, every time I read I felt like I was quite literally transported into a pirate's ship navigating the roaring seas. New vocabulary, too! Especially about ships. Wait till all my neurodivergent friends hear about this 😂
I can't really say why I dropped the book for a while. I think it was mostly because I got super busy as I was moving to a whole new continent, and then school came in like a cannonball and I had to drop reading for a little bit. But then I finally picked it up again, this time in physical form, and I immediately fell in love again with the text. It was as if I hadn't even forgotten it, honestly.
The book is so vivid in its words about the sea and the ship and food, and ugh it just feels so real in my head. The visuals are breathtaking, and they're all text! The focus on day-to-day interactions was also something really fun and cool to me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug abuse, Violence, and War
Moderate: Homophobia and Death
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