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I had a couple of books to finish before I started this, but finally managed to sit down with it. Man the first 30% or so were a hard slog. When Maturin gets taken up to the crows nest by Mr Killick (?) and then they spend pages and pages of describing sails to me... that was a struggle. I mean, I know I should expect a level of boat-porn, but this was hardcore stuff. oval office-splice indeed. Also, I Jack breaking his mast and getting a new one(?) felt like I should have thought "what a clever fellow" whereas I was more left feeling "huh?", any kindly goon able to explain that to me? Still, the intro was excellent, and whenever people are talking I'm completely engaged, so I'll have to see how it goes. Don't think I'll be tearing through all 21 back to back though.
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I am loving the dialogue and interplay (obviously) paraphrased: "with affectionate violence he jostled him inside" and "no mention was made of the incident in the ship's log, as it did not possess the language to explain that the boat's surgeon had shaken his fist at the captain". I have no idea why that's as funny as it was to me.
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