A review by planetquack
Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe

1.0

This is my first Wolfe novel, after some considerable hype, and I'm more than a little disappointed. The slowly revealed complications of plot are not interesting enough to make up for the bland uninspired characters and plodding limp narration. And even though I expect a lot of overt manliness in a book with such a title, the women in the story don't have much agency besides positioning themselves to bed the main character. I could see this being a hit with poorly raised teenage boys, but as an adult--YAWN. Quit halfway through. Probably won't read another by this author. Hard pass.