Review: Loved It! 9/10
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2014
A space pirate book? Brings back memories of Ice Pirates... May be another subconscious reason I was in the Navy. Just a great tale of a small pirate ship against The Man, trying to make it in the worlds. Has a bit of Serenity in it, lots of other things that may remind you of other books/movies but it is unique in itself so don't think it's a knock off of whatever. Captain is cool, First Mate is a chick but she's a badass, Engineering guy is pretty neat, the other crew members are pretty awesome in their own right. What's not to like?I'm a little late in the review so I'm trying to remember the end exactly. Just read some reviews of it to jog the memory and what i read bothers me. There are always the nay-sayers, but barring them, the positive reviews didn't like the way he described things and maybe over did it in a few places. To them i write: Dude, is a sci-fi/fantasy book. He's just trying to convey what he sees so clearly as accurately as possible of things that don't necessarily exist. I noticed these also but if that's his style of writing, absorb it into your style of reading and get the story you're missing. Instead of bringing him down, bring yourself up. I'm not Morpheous but I want to free your mind.I read so many books, it's hard to remember all the details of them all. Instead, I remember the scene playing in my head as I read it and just replay it. The shootout behind the pickle cart. The singing of the Pirate song before the hull breach and the lone pirate standing before the defenders taking shots like a champ while clearing a path for the rest of them to board and pillage some booty. The Captain nonchalantly clearing the job holder so he can take his position as they walk the stairs in the museum... All of them great, all of them vivid still as months have passed since I've read them. The conflict facing Moira as she joins the crew and again as she decides her future at the end of the book, so many little parts but the whole is what you're after.Yeah, it was free, but what do ya want for free? Rubber Biscuit? Would have happily paid a few bucks and will be buying the next couple books in the series, whatever the reviews say. They are not the boss of me.