Megan G. (mercurygray) reviewed on 9/29/2008 + 4 more book reviews

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.

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