I really hope he gets back to being upbeat and good-natured again Oh he does, he does! You can't keep Jack down for long - he's amazingly resilient. He evens out a bit more, doesn't get the wild swings you saw sometimes in M&C and PC.
~~~ As for the female characters, I should warn you, POB is terrible with them. He yanks them this way and that to suit his plot purposes, and they are never more than stock stereotypical characters, really. Very disappointing, because as he first draws Sophie and Diana they could be really fantastic and breathe a whole new life. As it is, mmm, I start dreading when they show up. Which is too bad.
Fortunately so much of the series takes place at sea you don't feel the paucity of female characters you might otherwise.
~~~ Which the author starts off by proving he's a bastard
That's not fair, it's not POB's fault! That really did happen. POB took nearly everything of substance in the series from real life. He says it' in his author's notes - it's impossible to improve over what actually happened in the Royal Navy. And in the bureaucracies on land - that decision was actually made that way.
Wait until the start of The Mauritius Command. There he's a real bastard. But it gets better quickly :-)
Meanwhile, enjoy HMSS! It is a real treat - savour it! :D
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Date: 2012-10-09 05:04 am (UTC)Oh he does, he does! You can't keep Jack down for long - he's amazingly resilient. He evens out a bit more, doesn't get the wild swings you saw sometimes in M&C and PC.
~~~
As for the female characters, I should warn you, POB is terrible with them. He yanks them this way and that to suit his plot purposes, and they are never more than stock stereotypical characters, really. Very disappointing, because as he first draws Sophie and Diana they could be really fantastic and breathe a whole new life. As it is, mmm, I start dreading when they show up. Which is too bad.
Fortunately so much of the series takes place at sea you don't feel the paucity of female characters you might otherwise.
~~~
Which the author starts off by proving he's a bastard
That's not fair, it's not POB's fault! That really did happen. POB took nearly everything of substance in the series from real life. He says it' in his author's notes - it's impossible to improve over what actually happened in the Royal Navy. And in the bureaucracies on land - that decision was actually made that way.
Wait until the start of The Mauritius Command. There he's a real bastard. But it gets better quickly :-)
Meanwhile, enjoy HMSS! It is a real treat - savour it! :D