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This is #16 of the Aubrey-Maturin series. I liked this one, in fine O'Brian style with lots of ups and downs and sea action and naturalism. It also finally sees the end of the mission Aubrey and Maturin set out on five books ago, so that was cool. I am wondering if they'll make it home in the next book sometime? I am quite anxious to see how their families are. There is an annoying allusion to events off-camera at one point: a character notes he saw 'poor X's widow' and I am like wait what X is dead what happened to him? No one else asks. COME ON. I know this is a minor character from a prior book but STILL.

Anyway, looking forward to reading #17, though I'm gonna take a break and read something else first. For variety. And also I am running out of Aubrey-Maturin books now anyway. c.c

Date: 2013-05-10 05:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alltoseek.livejournal.com
Do not become attached to the redshirts middies.

Date: 2013-05-13 01:43 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alltoseek.livejournal.com
OK, won't tell you.

;-)

Babbs is safe - he's a post-captain now! It's just in the middie stage of life they are so vulnerable *g*

Date: 2013-05-13 06:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alltoseek.livejournal.com
He would have been only acting lt, and I don't even think that, because you can send middies to take prizes home. I think he was lt on the ship when he died. Pretty sure not m&c.

But anyway. Yes lt's die. But never after you've grown attached (Babbs, Pullings, and Mowett all survive the whole series - there, I've spoiled you ;-) It's only middies who are Too Cute To Live (which ought to be a tvtrope, but isn't :P)

Date: 2013-06-29 02:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alltoseek.livejournal.com
Yeah, people are pretty upset about the way Bonden is offed - so random, which kinda makes sense, because it was just a bit earlier that I had been thinking about how none of the repeating characters get killed off, just new ones, and that's not how it would go in RL, esp for a gunner like Bonden - and then Whoops! there he goes D: Just when we were getting to know him too (the whole boxing thing, and the head injury).

But what upsets people is how he is barely mourned. Jack gives him a fleeting thought later and then that's it.

Diana gets mourned by Stephen for pretty much an entire book.

Yeah, I got spoilt for Diana's death early on too - like FoW. All I heard was something about a carriage, so every time she went traveling I went yay this is it we don't have to deal with her anymore! Only to be disappointed. I hate that POB offed her just when she was finally getting fun to have around :P :P :P

Doing it between books like that was cheap too. But POB lost his own beloved wife about the same time; I think that was part of the reason Diana died. POB himself felt a lot like Stephen did; prolly easier to write that way.

You asked about Killick - Shall I spoil you for future deaths?
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spoiler: there aren't any. of anyone we know & love. there's an admiral that dies but we didn't love him and anyway i think you got to that part already.

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