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miranda_bird's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
3.0
kiriamarin's review against another edition
3.0
Sobre crianças e piratas em comum amoralidade e crueldade. O livro tem boas observações sobre a psicologia, educacao e como as crianças eram vistas pelos adultos no século XIX.
Não é um livro "pesado" mas aventuresco e imaginativo,ate porquê o ponto de vista é de uma criança, Emily,10 anos, que tem sua "inocencia" ,percepção de mundo adulto e seu "papel" de mulher despertado, o que é traumático e incômodo. Também diz muito sobre o modelo patriarcal de educação que coloca um peso na costa do sexo feminino desde cedo, enquando outros garotos da mesma idade de Emily são livres de responsabilidades e não tem sua maturidade forçada.
Nao existem piratas de "bom coração"
Uma visão delicada e cinza dos mundos que se encontram em uma inesperada jornada ao mar .
Não é um livro "pesado" mas aventuresco e imaginativo,ate porquê o ponto de vista é de uma criança, Emily,10 anos, que tem sua "inocencia" ,percepção de mundo adulto e seu "papel" de mulher despertado, o que é traumático e incômodo. Também diz muito sobre o modelo patriarcal de educação que coloca um peso na costa do sexo feminino desde cedo, enquando outros garotos da mesma idade de Emily são livres de responsabilidades e não tem sua maturidade forçada.
Nao existem piratas de "bom coração"
Uma visão delicada e cinza dos mundos que se encontram em uma inesperada jornada ao mar .
jimmypat's review against another edition
4.0
Children or pirates... who would you rather be trapped with? In the context of this book, I'm with the pirates! Unsentimental and stark (yet, at times, whimsical and funny), this book is an accurate and somewhat chilling look at the lives of children in a world that doesn't always have their best interest at heart.
causearuckus's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
agingerg's review against another edition
4.0
A book about perception, from page one until the last word. An uncomfortable read as you're thrown through emotions about perceptions of self, race, class, pirates, children, parents, community, good, bad, strength, honor.
paul_cornelius's review against another edition
3.0
Shocking material, if you were a reader coming out of the post World War I era, when the innocence of children was still an assumption left over from Victorian literature. Today, of course, the shocking aspect of it all is that it was so shocking. The world of Emily, her brothers and sisters, and their two friends is one that focuses on the present and the stimulus of the present. Psychological harm and willful wickedness becomes displaced and hidden in the folds of the mind. Earthquakes, hurricanes, murders, abductions, bodily mutilations, and horrific accidents occur on the outside, but appear to reflect the inner turmoil of the children. Bottom line: the feral child is not far from the bonds of family. That is what Tabby the cat found out. And it is what Emily confirmed.
mumay's review against another edition
4.0
I rad the book for a college english class and it was actually really enjoyable. The book didn't feel forced at all. It is a very excited mix of adventure, society, and humanity. Children especially are easily adaptable and will do anything for survival. I recommend.
masteryoda716's review against another edition
4.0
A High Wind in Jamaica is a novel that keeps its cards close to the chest then lays out a royal flush at the end.
This was a book that held my interest throughout, though I admit some of that intrigue was supplanted in "Ok...so where is this going? Clearly there has to be more than meets the eye." Thankfully, there is indeed.
Without spoiling anything, I'll say this book has some adventure, including Pirates, the Sea, children out at Sea, etc but that's certainly not the heart of the story. Rather, to me, this was about trust, society, justice and injustice, and childhood both as we experience it and how we remember it; which may not always be the same thing.
This was a book that held my interest throughout, though I admit some of that intrigue was supplanted in "Ok...so where is this going? Clearly there has to be more than meets the eye." Thankfully, there is indeed.
Without spoiling anything, I'll say this book has some adventure, including Pirates, the Sea, children out at Sea, etc but that's certainly not the heart of the story. Rather, to me, this was about trust, society, justice and injustice, and childhood both as we experience it and how we remember it; which may not always be the same thing.