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Title: This author is an O'Brien wannabe
Review: I love historical novels, especially the novels of C.S. Forester, Patrick O'Brien and Bernard Cornwell. Add Samuel Shellabarger and Kenneth Roberts to the list. I'm always looking for new authors, but Donachie won't be going on the list. I made it through the first 94 pages of "By the Mast Divided." There was a lot of yada yada, but only one incident that really moved the story forward. The author also introduced 20+ characters, gave each a backstory and started several possible plot lines, but not much else happened. It felt like the author was trying to set the stage for a whole series of novels. Meanwhile the first book went nowhere. If you make it through this novel you're more determined than this reader.
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