A review by peregrine
Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

adventurous funny 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? Yes

3.5

This book was very stupid in many ways, but I had a fun time reading it and that trumps all else. I liveblogged it to the group chat so we could tear apart the nonsensical worldbuilding and character motivations and that added a full star to the experience, highly recommend. The other thing that enhanced my enjoyment was pretending that none of the characters were older than about 18 and that it was intentionally written as a YA; their behavior was pretty plausible that way, whereas I couldn't buy any of these people as full grown adults.

Nathan Foad was unironically a really good narrator though! This seems to be the first audiobook he's done and I hope he does more in the future.