The Wine-Dark Sea, by Patrick O'Brian

[rowyn]

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

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[rowyn]

I remember Jack saying he was promoting Oakes before sending him off (remember he wanted to promote Oakes earlier, until Pullings explained that having Oakes and Clarissa mess with the gunroom would just make things worse?) And in The Commodore, Sir Blaine says he got Oakes "his promotion and a ship". I don't know if that's meant to indicate 'm&c and a ship to command' or just 'promotion to lieutenant and a ship to serve on'.

He'd also stopped being cute by the time he gave Clarissa a black eye and then kept her in his room so no one else would see. :6 Still, it was sad to hear he'd died.