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A review by beejai
Sharpes Gold by Bernard Cornwell, Bernd Müller
2.0
Typical Sharpe book. Good, not great. There's another random love interest that Sharpe has fallen deeply and madly in love with after only a few days and practically no interaction. Of course, her fiance is the evil villain that must be confronted, just like every other Sharpe novel. A lot of familiar characters play their cardboard cut out roles.
There are also some continuity issues. Here Sharpe is musing on how poor a swordsman is, yet as far back as Sharpe's Tiger he is portrayed as an expert even though that book is supposed to be a decade earlier than this. This is the problem series that are not written in chronological order. The conundrum is whether to read them in the order written or in the order the events supposedly take place. I think I made the wrong choice.
In all, the series is fun, but don't expect too much. His earlier works are incredibly weak but his later writings are better and I guess you just have to slog through books like this to get to the better ones.
There are also some continuity issues. Here Sharpe is musing on how poor a swordsman is, yet as far back as Sharpe's Tiger he is portrayed as an expert even though that book is supposed to be a decade earlier than this. This is the problem series that are not written in chronological order. The conundrum is whether to read them in the order written or in the order the events supposedly take place. I think I made the wrong choice.
In all, the series is fun, but don't expect too much. His earlier works are incredibly weak but his later writings are better and I guess you just have to slog through books like this to get to the better ones.