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Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates by Eric Jay Dolin
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
3.0
I'm sure you've consumed some media that had pirates in it. But how much of this wealth of media is accurate. Dolin dives into the actual exploits of several pirates while also exploring the evolving relationship between pirates and colonists.
I have fairly mixed feelings about this book. It was very slow to start and I don't think that it ever picked up the pace. This could be due to the fact that this is a non-fiction book but I have read some really fast-paced non-fiction novels and this was just not one of them. I also thought that Dolin talked around his points in most chapters. He typically never just came out and said the point he was making. I also think that Dolin over provided on the examples without moving between them very well. The examples were interesting but there were so many of them that weren't fully explained or were explained to much.
Overall, I thought it was an interesting read and I learned a little bit more about pirates than I did before. I think this would be a great book to start with if you want to learn about pirates but I would branch out from here.
I have fairly mixed feelings about this book. It was very slow to start and I don't think that it ever picked up the pace. This could be due to the fact that this is a non-fiction book but I have read some really fast-paced non-fiction novels and this was just not one of them. I also thought that Dolin talked around his points in most chapters. He typically never just came out and said the point he was making. I also think that Dolin over provided on the examples without moving between them very well. The examples were interesting but there were so many of them that weren't fully explained or were explained to much.
Overall, I thought it was an interesting read and I learned a little bit more about pirates than I did before. I think this would be a great book to start with if you want to learn about pirates but I would branch out from here.