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A review by wmhenrymorris
Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe
You know that Wolfe is going to deliver fine prose and solid characterization so the question always becomes: how is the plot? The answer: pretty good, but it didn't blow me away. It was both way too straightforward (in the straightforward pirate parts) and rather confusing (the frame story* as well as the initial Novia/Estrallita storyline). Also: if you aren't thrilled with how he writes female characters, this isn't going to change your mind about Wolfe at all. In fact, I found it quite annoying. But it still gets three stars because there are certain passages/parts that I really enjoyed.
*I know that it's intentional, but even if he could have given us 5% more to work with when it comes to the frame story, that would have helped. As best I can tell (and this really isn't a spoiler -- it's even mentioned in the cover copy), sometime in the near future a young man named Chris hits the Bermuda Triangle (although this isn't spelled out) and gets sent back in time to the pirate-era Caribbean and then after many adventures, travels back in time to the same near future he left.
*I know that it's intentional, but even if he could have given us 5% more to work with when it comes to the frame story, that would have helped. As best I can tell (and this really isn't a spoiler -- it's even mentioned in the cover copy), sometime in the near future a young man named Chris hits the Bermuda Triangle (although this isn't spelled out) and gets sent back in time to the pirate-era Caribbean and then after many adventures, travels back in time to the same near future he left.