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A review by essgeearr
The Mauritius Command by Patrick O'Brian
3.0
3.5
This is the first of the Aubrey/Maturin books that I didn't 100% completely love. The first chapter, with Jack Aubrey living quietly at home with his family, is great stuff. Any time when the A/M books have a chance to let the characters just sit, breathe, and be themselves is fantastic.
Once the characters take to the sea, though, I felt like the books sort of coasted a little until the last 3rd of the book. The last several chapters flew by with all the excitement of taking, losing, and re-taking ships and ports.
Good but not the best of the series that I've read so far.
This is the first of the Aubrey/Maturin books that I didn't 100% completely love. The first chapter, with Jack Aubrey living quietly at home with his family, is great stuff. Any time when the A/M books have a chance to let the characters just sit, breathe, and be themselves is fantastic.
Once the characters take to the sea, though, I felt like the books sort of coasted a little until the last 3rd of the book. The last several chapters flew by with all the excitement of taking, losing, and re-taking ships and ports.
Good but not the best of the series that I've read so far.