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The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse

3 reviews

rhosynmd's review

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adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the others in the series. It took a long time to get going, and the jumps in time felt overused, making it feel disjointed in places. 

The exploration of gender and sexuality was interesting but felt a bit halfhearted, used as an interesting plot point as opposed to being intrinsic parts of 3 dimensional characters. It could have been taken so much further and the book would have been much more powerful. 
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drjoannehill's review against another edition

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inspiring tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

I was a bit disappointed with this ... The blurb on the back is about such a small part of the book and the build up is so long, the ending abrupt and surprising. It was extremely tense throughout and I was sure everything was going to end badly. But, we get Mosse's trademark criticisms of the Catholic Church, excellent research on the 17th century, and some cool characters including the main character Louise Reydon-Joubert the capitana of a merchant/pirate ship.
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calireisreading's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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