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The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists
by Gideon Defoe
There's certainly many things you can call The Pirates! but one adjective that sticks out indelibly is unique. [a:Gideon Defoe|83082|Gideon Defoe|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1345407428p2/83082.jpg] conceives a plot that definitely feels like he got a typical, generic pirate adventure novel, [a:Lemony Snicket|36746|Lemony Snicket|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1199734355p2/36746.jpg], [b:The Vile Victorians|2049963|The Vile Victorians (Horrible Histories)|Terry Deary|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348096853s/2049963.jpg|116331] and a dirty joke book and bundled them together into a pretty weird blender and just mixed it all up. Whatever you're thinking probably doesn't even cut it. "But I've seen the movie!", you might say, so have I, but that doesn't cut it either; for one, there's no Queen Vic in this book and good ol' Aardman completely bastardized its source material into a kiddie-friendly animation which, judging by Gideon Defoe's writing, he probably didn't like all that much. And frankly, the movie is better.
However, there's still fun to be had. Charles Darwin!
Vanishing ladies to do with the EEVVILL Bishop!
A MANPANZEE!!
It's all good, British fun and anyone with a slightly offbeat, sardonic humour shall find the idiotic Pirate Captain and his motley crew convivial to be around, and at only two hundred pages, it never outstays its welcome. I have to show that Queen Victoria photo again; everything's better with a little Mrs Brown.
However, there's still fun to be had. Charles Darwin!
Vanishing ladies to do with the EEVVILL Bishop!
A MANPANZEE!!
It's all good, British fun and anyone with a slightly offbeat, sardonic humour shall find the idiotic Pirate Captain and his motley crew convivial to be around, and at only two hundred pages, it never outstays its welcome. I have to show that Queen Victoria photo again; everything's better with a little Mrs Brown.