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A review by the_rabble
Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, Ship's Boy by L.A. Meyer
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Working class kid ends up on the streets then ends up on a boat. Crossdressing naval coming of age adventure!
Prose style is vernacular of the time and Jackie's class. 1st person past tense (though venacular includes present tense as past e.g. "I says to Liam...") single POV. Narrator is a kid. Plot driven coming of age.
Gets dark and pretty vivid about said dark things you would expect in extreme poverty in London and a child working in a naval military setting. (This might be more graphic than Master and Commander. Though, the nautical language is easier to pick up.)
Mary/Jackie is very likeable. And in between dark stuff she is just being a kid on a boat and gets into shenanigans. (Mad props for Meyers' writing onfirst periods and crushes. )
I laughed, I cried, and I have no idea how to categorize this book or who should read it.
Narrator: Katherine Kellgren is why I picked this book up and this is another great performance. She has some "Jackie is panicked" moments than can be a little rowdy, but I immediately checked out the next book.
Prose style is vernacular of the time and Jackie's class. 1st person past tense (though venacular includes present tense as past e.g. "I says to Liam...") single POV. Narrator is a kid. Plot driven coming of age.
Gets dark and pretty vivid about said dark things you would expect in extreme poverty in London and a child working in a naval military setting. (This might be more graphic than Master and Commander. Though, the nautical language is easier to pick up.)
Mary/Jackie is very likeable. And in between dark stuff she is just being a kid on a boat and gets into shenanigans. (Mad props for Meyers' writing on
I laughed, I cried, and I have no idea how to categorize this book or who should read it.
Narrator: Katherine Kellgren is why I picked this book up and this is another great performance. She has some "Jackie is panicked" moments than can be a little rowdy, but I immediately checked out the next book.