A review by siria
The Surgeon's Mate by Patrick O'Brian

4.0

Far fewer sea battles—for which I am grateful, as my brain struggles to visualise such things—and a lot more plot, incident, and derring do. This is pretty much part two of [book: Fortunes of War], so this is not a place to start the series, but it's a good continuation of what comes before. Lots of good character work and a strong dollop of humour—the thoughts of Jack reminiscing of the time he spent playing Ophelia are also always enough to make me giggle.