Dual Review: Pirate Latitudes/The Whispering Dead
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Published 2021-07-14
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9:10-Outro
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All Comments (21)
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Hi, I highly recommend reading "David Copperfiled" by Charles Dickens. The main character is written about his younger days and reflected on them. Excelent characters, family dynamics, friendships, romance, found family and a lot (A LOT) of emotions.
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To me, Pirate Latitudes felt like a first draft if Crichton was an underwriter, as if he wrote the draft quickly to get the general idea down and would have added a lot more to the story if he'd decided to continue working on it. The story itself I enjoyed, but it definitely needed more detail.
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merphy, i finally got "A man called Ove" since you convinced me to buy it, and i can't thank you enough.
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Whispering Dead sounds awfully familiar.....Quiet zombies, I'm trying to think!
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00:02:01 when your body is briefly inhabited by the spirit of a dog that was kicked off a cliff.
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I'm pretty sure Pirate Latitudes was a book Crichton wrote very early on in his career and then trashed it, but then after he died his family/publishers decided to publish it anyways despite it being clearly unfinished and older. (Also Crichton rhymes with frighten)
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I loved the reviews today.
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For Dracy Coates, I'd recommend House of Shadows. Its a bit more spooky and has more horror elements in it. You might not like it but it could be worth a shot.
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I really enjoyed Pirate Latitudes, it felt just like a fun, fairly lighthearted pirate story. I think a more polished adventure story Crichton write would be Congo if you are interested
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hey murphy i have been really enjoying your content. I(and many people) found you through your one piece reviews and going through your videos is really daunting. If you could, please recommend some books you think one piece/manga fans would enjoy as a transition to books(with no pictures) at the end of one of your one piece reviews. that would be great. :)
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Michael Crichton has a pirate adventure novel? I wanna try that! Thanks, Merphy! 🥰🤓😍
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I had the exact same thoughts about Pirate Latitudes. It was my second book I read by him, the first being another posthumous book but one that feels a lot more natural to me and is one of my favorites by him. I loved Dragon Teeth
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2:01 the "uruu" 😂
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Hey Merph, for a slightly creepier "light horror" with really fun characters, you should give Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz a shot. I remember being pleasantly surprised by that book.
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Been on a pirate binge lately and pirate latitudes was quite high on my tbr but I'm probably going to pick up on stranger tides instead (read frenchman's creek thanks to your review and absolutely loved it! )
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I struggled through half of a Darcy Coates book called The Haunting of Ashburn House and it was so inconsistent. It was windy but the trees weren't moving, then two pages later they were moving 😄 it doesn't sound like she's improving Merph!
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You had me at pirate ☠ novel. A pirate novel by Crichton, published after his passing...gurl yasss, polish or no polish 🤔 I'm in. Thank you!
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I just finished Pirate Latitudes and I liked it well enough. I did feel like it checked a lot of "pirate story" trope boxes very quickly. I didn't mind the characters that much. Captain Hunter seemed to be a pretty generic male lead, like a cunning and handsome rogue, but I didn't find him totally unlikeable. It does take a while to get to him, though. It wasn't my favorite pirate novel, but it wasn't terrible either. I recommend 'Captain Blood' for those looking for something I think is better.
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I'm a simple man.
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I listened to Pirate Latitudes on a road trip with my wife. We really enjoyed it as an action movie in book form where we were pausing to talk and taking a lot of trip induced breaks. I don't know how I would have felt if it had my entire attention as text. But then, I'm also not the Crichton fan. That's my wife. I think I read Jurassic Park three decades ago, and whatever story The Thirteenth Warrior was based on .
