A review by siria
Lieutenant Hornblower by C.S. Forester

3.0

Definitely one of the classics of this genre of historical adventure writing. It's a quick book to read - 300 pages long in my paperback copy, but it feels much shorter because Forrester's pace simply zips along. Hornblower is a lot more of a repressed prat than he is in the movie miniseries, but I was expecting that from what I'd been told. It has to be said, however, that it is one of the most homoerotic novels I have ever read, and that Bush is so obviously in love with Horatio that I wonder to god how no one ever picked up on it. *boggles a little* I don't think it's a patch on O' Brian, but still a classic and definitely worth the read.