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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Continued trend of nice people making everyone's lives better.
Pleasing if a little glib. The hero worked his magic on his crew a little too easily to be really plausible.
I'm going to be so sorry to see this series end, glad I have at least one more novel to go.
The series is back on track with this book. Once again we can follow the steadfast Ishmael Horatio Wang in his almost-adventures across the Deep Dark. Will he face danger? Not quite. Will he struggle against enemies? Not really. Will he risk life and limb for amazing profits? Um, probably not. That's not very prudent.
Somehow this series still excites me despite having none of the characteristics of enjoyable genre fiction. I can't explain it and that's okay.
Somehow this series still excites me despite having none of the characteristics of enjoyable genre fiction. I can't explain it and that's okay.
This time we catch up with Ish after a 10-year time skip - he finally gets to become a captain, but he's assigned the worst ship in the merchant fleet. There's nothing wrong with the ship itself, but its crew is definitely problematic. We know he has fabulous people skills, though, and we've seen him learn a lot in the past 20 years. It takes a lot of work to overcome their problems - I especially enjoyed the part of the story where he takes a big gamble and then reconsiders. I appreciated that the author gave him a voice that matched his new stage of life, but I have to say that Ish was very lucky that none of the crew members had grievances against each other, which made his task of building a solid team a whole lot easier than it might have been.
Pleasantly unexpected direction...
If you've enjoyed the first four books of the series, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. Not as dark as Double Share, though it took an unexpected turn or two. After the greatest leap in time yet, ten years since the end of the previous book ended, We get to see what Ishmael does as he becomes a Captain. Very worth reading if you've read the others.
If you've enjoyed the first four books of the series, you'll probably enjoy this one as well. Not as dark as Double Share, though it took an unexpected turn or two. After the greatest leap in time yet, ten years since the end of the previous book ended, We get to see what Ishmael does as he becomes a Captain. Very worth reading if you've read the others.
One of the best books in the series up to this point. An excellent example of how effective leadership can impact individuals which has a further impact on creating well functioning team. Oh ya, and a good story at the same time :)