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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unrated. Part of my Tintin marathon.
Randomly in this comic, I wondered whether Tintin was gay. Googled it and found...interesting articles.
Randomly in this comic, I wondered whether Tintin was gay. Googled it and found...interesting articles.
I must have read this book before. Even so, Herge is a mater in this type of book.
The sequel to The Secret of the Unicorn, Red Rackham's Treasure also stands as one of my oldest favorites. Like many kids, I loved ships and sailing and marine adventures and hidden treasures and diving (I still do) and I read this book so often and enjoyed it every time. Also, this book is the debut of my dearest Professor Tryphon Tournesol (or Cuthbert Calculus to anglophones) and he has a very strong start. The Shark Submarine is still on top of my wishlist.
The text below is included in ALL of my reviews for the Tintin series. If you've already read it, feel free to skip it.
I am a lifelong fan of Tintin and Hergé. Tintin was the earliest memory I have of being exposed to books and stories, my dad started to read Tintin to me when I was less than three years old and continued to do so until I learned to read on my own. I have loved these stories my whole life, and I know all of them by heart, in Persian, in English, and in French.
But, as a devout fan, I think it's time to do the hard but right thing: confess that these books are far from perfect. They are full of stereotypes, racist, whitewashed, colonialist, orientalist, you name it. Not to mention a complete lack of female characters (Bianca Castafiore is a mocking relic of the poor dear Maria Callas that Hergé hated, her maid Irma is present in approximately 20 frames, Alcazar's wife also, anyway, there aren't any significant female characters in these books).
In the past few years, I've struggled to decide how I feel about these books. Will I dismiss them? Consider "the time they were written in" and excuse them? Love them in secret? Start disliking them? I don't know. So far I haven't reached a fixed decision, but I will say this: I am aware that these books are problematic. I acknowledge them. I don't stand for the message of some of these books. At the same time, I won't dismiss or hide my love for them because they were an integral part of my growing up memories and fantasies and games, and I do, still, love captain Haddock very much, stupid and ridiculous as he is.
The text below is included in ALL of my reviews for the Tintin series. If you've already read it, feel free to skip it.
I am a lifelong fan of Tintin and Hergé. Tintin was the earliest memory I have of being exposed to books and stories, my dad started to read Tintin to me when I was less than three years old and continued to do so until I learned to read on my own. I have loved these stories my whole life, and I know all of them by heart, in Persian, in English, and in French.
But, as a devout fan, I think it's time to do the hard but right thing: confess that these books are far from perfect. They are full of stereotypes, racist, whitewashed, colonialist, orientalist, you name it. Not to mention a complete lack of female characters (Bianca Castafiore is a mocking relic of the poor dear Maria Callas that Hergé hated, her maid Irma is present in approximately 20 frames, Alcazar's wife also, anyway, there aren't any significant female characters in these books).
In the past few years, I've struggled to decide how I feel about these books. Will I dismiss them? Consider "the time they were written in" and excuse them? Love them in secret? Start disliking them? I don't know. So far I haven't reached a fixed decision, but I will say this: I am aware that these books are problematic. I acknowledge them. I don't stand for the message of some of these books. At the same time, I won't dismiss or hide my love for them because they were an integral part of my growing up memories and fantasies and games, and I do, still, love captain Haddock very much, stupid and ridiculous as he is.
The second part of the story of Red Rackham's Treasure, and the introduction of Professor Calculus!
And the adventure ends where it began! The suspense in this story was really good with a spectacular ending.
Am I the only person who doesn't find the constant mishearing of Calculus funny?
"All's well that ends well!"
I enjoyed reading this one probably because of the added hilarity in the form of Professor Calculus! His character is just plain annoying and funny!
I enjoyed reading this one probably because of the added hilarity in the form of Professor Calculus! His character is just plain annoying and funny!