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Originally Posted by ElspethB
Will you be listening to 21, issybird? I did when I went through the series a few years ago; however, I decided that when I listen to the series again I will probably stop at Blue at the Mizzen.
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I'm done for this year, as I'm only allowed to listen to the books in summertime.
I figure next summer I'll listen to the last two books plus the fragment and then I'll take stock. I am, however,
seriously annoyed, as when I posted my status on
Yellow Admiral at Goodreads, I read a review that while not specific was distinctly spoilery and I'm anticipating with dread what I've deduced from it.
I'm not seeking comments to confirm or deny (please, no!), but why do people do that? I expect spoilers for the current book, which is why I'd never read a review until I'm done with it, but why make even an indirect allusion to a later book in a series? People are jerks.
Where's a forgetter when you need one?
Going back to the series, I think
Yellow Admiral was the weakest yet, beating out
The Truelove aka
Clarissa Oakes. This one failed in a lot of respects, from discontinuities (Stephen sold the
Surprise to Jack, among others) to tedious infodumps, about "inclosure" and prizefighting and more. And anyone who knows even a scintilla about the Napoleonic Wars knew how this one was going to end.
A long-winded answer to your question! But I can't imagine walking away with part of the series, no matter how fragmentary and unsatisfying, unheard. And once I'm done, I'll make my own adjustments; I could even end with
The Wine Dark Sea and the
Surprise shattered and becalmed in the south Atlantic, a metaphor for where all Jack's and Stephen's wanderings brought them.