Title: The worst book I've ever finished?
Product review: I seriously contemplated giving this book a single star but decided that since I finished it - why I'm not sure! - it must have some redeeming quality.The official blurb describes this as a comic romp. Well at least I now know what it was supposed to be! I must admit part way through to thinking it must have been written as a comedy but, unfortunately, it seriously fails. This book just isn't funny. Excruciating? Yes! Abysmally written? Yes! Funny? Not a jot.I cannot comprehend how an author of this caliber could seriously write a book this bad. Does she believe that comedy means you throw out all rules of character, meter, pace and motive?Probably the worst thing is that this novel could have been great. It had some potentially great elements: Corruption in the Virginia governor's office, modern day pirates, a Chesapeake island who's inhabitants have their own language patterns and a severe distrust of the outside. What a waste.
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