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The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down by Colin Woodard

5 reviews

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

2.25

I really wanted to love this book but unfortunately, I didn't enjoy it really at all. I love pirate history & thought this book had interesting information, but it didn't keep me interested enough. This book is heavily statistical, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but I thought it could have been included in a more interesting way. Most of it was just kind of listed in the beginning of the chapter or before talking about whatever the stats were about (disclaimer: I read the audio, maybe these are charts in the book? I'm not sure). This book also seemed to be HEAVILY speculation. There are points where we know where information is coming from but mostly the book consists of words like "seemingly", "likely" & other words that make it sound like things weren't factual. I understand that were talking about pirates from the 1700s but maybe include less speculation so it isn't so obvious? & lots of speculative stuff could have been left out without it having much effect on the story.

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