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Title: Takes on water page one, sinks by page fifty.
Review: Set in the world of piracy in the 17th century, Birds of Prey trips up early. Hardly surprising, when in this masculine world you've still got women 'screaming wildly and clutching their bosoms' at the sound of gunfire. Maybe they did, maybe they didn't, but the prose is more painful than any blast of grapeshot. There are far too many examples of school play dialogue to list, but if you're looking for an exciting seafaring tale, you'd do much better to turn to 'The Golden Ocean' by Patrick O'Brian.
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