Helpful Score: 4
I am a huge fan of both Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey Maturin novels as well as C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower series, and I went into reading Kent's books with what you might call high expectations. While they were well written and certainly well researched, I didn't find them nearly as entertaining as O'Brian's novels or as readable as Forester's. Furthermore, after reading the first three books in this 29 book series, I didn't really feel any connection with the main character Richard Bolitho. If you're looking for a follow-up for O'Brian's books, I guess this is it, but it doesn't come highly recommended by me.
Helpful Score: 1
Excellent start to series. Enjoyable to read!
Helpful Score: 1
Fans of Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey/Maturin novels will enjoy Kent's Bolitho series.
Gerhard O. (nccorthu) reviewed Midshipman Bolitho (Richard Bolitho, Bk 1) on + 569 more book reviews
I haven't read any sea stories in a long time. This one however was really interesting and enjoyable I'll have to try some more
