Adrián Astur Álvarez reviewed H.M.S. Surprise by Patrick O'Brian
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5 stars
The first book in the Aubrey Maturin series, Master and Commander, was intriguing but I often got tangled in nautical terminology. At the time I didn't know the difference between a mizzen mast and foremast. It took some time between but I admired the book enough to get the second entry, Post Captain. By then my shipman's vocabulary had improved and the series protagonists were familiar acquaintences. H.M.S. Surprise, this third in Patrick O'Brian's famed series, however, is the one I fell in love with. The characters are dear to me, the prose is now full and often gorgeous because of its specificity, and the stories are so engaging I just don't want them to end. Fortunately, I have 17 more volumes.