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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
informative
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
informative
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My first Sharpe, though not my first Cornwell (BC). (BC was very prolific.)
I’ve known about the Sharpe series for a long time, so it’s weird it took me 68 years to get to one. I’ve always been interested in the Napoleonic period. What finally got me to try one is: a) my interest in Patrick O’Brian and b) being retired and having time to read anything I want.
The book (some sources list it as Sharpe #1, others as #6, others still as #8) is a relatively early novel for BC, who started writing in the early 1980s.
I’ve known about the Sharpe series for a long time, so it’s weird it took me 68 years to get to one. I’ve always been interested in the Napoleonic period. What finally got me to try one is: a) my interest in Patrick O’Brian and b) being retired and having time to read anything I want.
The book (some sources list it as Sharpe #1, others as #6, others still as #8) is a relatively early novel for BC, who started writing in the early 1980s.
I have been looking forward to this book for a while as I am a huge fan of the Sharpe Movie series. However this book is very different from the movie and though this was a entertaining read, I was very disappointed it lacked Sean Bean's iconic 'Rag on a pole' quote.
Meh. Overall not very appealing -- I wonder how the departure from anything remotely historical may have affected my interest. Also, Sharpe's love interests grow more boring in each book.
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Though the beginning is slow and too detailed for my taste, the book provides a fascinating look into the routine of the English regiment during Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe's character evolves with the plot movement, and in a way his journey through French occupied Spain is his rite of passage: he grows up to become a leader of his men.
This is my fourth book in the Sharpe’s series, which I am reading as I find the books, so in no particular order.
Set in 1809, we meet Sharpe as the Quartermaster of the 95th Rifles, a job he despises. After a disastrous battle Sharpe is the most senior offer and in command. As expected he falls for the first pretty girl he finds, niece to a stanch Methodist couple. He falls in with a Spanish cavalry officer, an unwavering catholic nobleman. The 95th are not fond of the new officer and hold him in contempt, his only chance at leading them lay in convincing Harper to support him.
I loved this story of Sharpe and Harpers meeting and bonding. The mystical catholic miracle and the ardent Spanish officer who was determined to make it come true, was annoying for me at times. It was too large a part of the story and I would have preferred another battle rather than much of its explanations. It has a fine ending battle where the Sharpe I know finally comes to light and kills those French bastards.
Set in 1809, we meet Sharpe as the Quartermaster of the 95th Rifles, a job he despises. After a disastrous battle Sharpe is the most senior offer and in command. As expected he falls for the first pretty girl he finds, niece to a stanch Methodist couple. He falls in with a Spanish cavalry officer, an unwavering catholic nobleman. The 95th are not fond of the new officer and hold him in contempt, his only chance at leading them lay in convincing Harper to support him.
I loved this story of Sharpe and Harpers meeting and bonding. The mystical catholic miracle and the ardent Spanish officer who was determined to make it come true, was annoying for me at times. It was too large a part of the story and I would have preferred another battle rather than much of its explanations. It has a fine ending battle where the Sharpe I know finally comes to light and kills those French bastards.