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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
fast-paced
First read 06-07/2024
Classic pirate adventure novel, written in 1922 and set in the late 1680s. There is therefore a good deal of racism and sexism. Otherwise good fun, though tending towards ship battles and town raids rather than swashbuckling duels. Was adapted into a film of the same name, with Errol Flynn taking the role of Mr Peter Blood, a man of apparently limitless talents. Like Scaramouche, the romance was distinctly underwhelming, but it had a focus on inter-empire conflict, which sadly seems to fall out of style in later pirate stories. Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides has it beat for piratical shenanigans, I think, and as old adventure books go the earlier The Prisoner of Zenda is much more enjoyable.
Classic pirate adventure novel, written in 1922 and set in the late 1680s. There is therefore a good deal of racism and sexism. Otherwise good fun, though tending towards ship battles and town raids rather than swashbuckling duels. Was adapted into a film of the same name, with Errol Flynn taking the role of Mr Peter Blood, a man of apparently limitless talents. Like Scaramouche, the romance was distinctly underwhelming, but it had a focus on inter-empire conflict, which sadly seems to fall out of style in later pirate stories. Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides has it beat for piratical shenanigans, I think, and as old adventure books go the earlier The Prisoner of Zenda is much more enjoyable.
Decent adventure book for its time. Some fun adventures, some stuff that doesn’t age super well.
I watched the 1930s Erroll Flynn movie first. This book was really good too and now I want to watch the movie again.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual assault
Rafael Sabatini's "Captain Blood" is an exciting historical novel of the romance, debonair, savagery and swashbuckling experienced by its titular hero. Falsely convicted of treason and sold into slavery, Peter Blood's journey highlights the era's injustices and searches for timely solutions. Although seas battles and a complicated woman are key, Sabatini appears most interested in the moral predicament of Blood, who struggles to maintain an honorable code while living the pirate life.
What an absolutely fantastic story!!! Adventure, pirates, romance! I was incredibly pleased with this book.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character