A review by lilletalks
The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by S.A. Chakraborty

adventurous dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

I really liked how this book started out. Our Main Character Amina, a middle-aged, single mother, retired female pirate really intrigued me, because it is something you dont see that often. And the writing style paints great pictures and is very atmospheric. Her crew and their banter was also one of the points I really enjoyed.
However as much as I like the beginning, it really went downhill throughout the book (maybe because the start gave me higher expectations xD). Aminas choices made less and less sense to me and her success depended on too many coincidences. Some of the deeper conflicts (mainly the whole Asif-topic) got "solved" in a dissapointingly easy way, that felt a little bit shallow. 

Overall this was an okay read for me. I enjoyed the writing and the general idea behind most of the characters.

Just as an extra info. As a person that really doesnt like gore, I found some of the descriptions on the edge of being too much. But I recognize that i am probably a bit on the sensitive side when it comes to violence and gorey stuff xD
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