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Originally Posted by jgaiser
I will admit that Patrick O'Brian is an acquired taste. I did struggle with the first couple of books due to story detail and nomenclature, but by the third book I was just enjoying the ride.
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I liked that. To my mind, if you're reading historical novels about sailing ships and you need to be told what a "sheet" is (it's a rope that controls a sail), then you probably need to do a little research before reading that genre of fiction; I wouldn't expect the author to have to teach me elementary nomenclature.