abicaro17 's review for:

The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense medium-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

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Dammit that was so good!! Jacquotte Delahaye is a shipwright and following her father's death, a pirate. Fighting against homophobia, sexism, racism, and male stupidity, Jacquotte and her friends fight to stay alive and together in this found family historical fiction pirate novel. I adored the writing of this book. The first couple chapters are introductory but they still manage to be exciting and well paced. Once you hit %20 of the book its back to back action and emotion. I adored the twists and relationships built. I'm not sure how rooted in realism this is but I love the style and this was a fun and engaging book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism