The Pirate's Daughter: A Novel

Yeah so this reaaaally wasn't for me. The only reason I finished it was because I was already half way through when I realised I didn't want to read this anymore, and I'm really bad at not finishing books.

This book was just utterly miserable. I was not expecting such a gruesome, horrible story, nor the unexpected references to rape, as well as the incredibly graphic depictions of slavery and racism. It was a very, very difficult book with little reward for me; even the ending where Wilson chose to come back to Andrea, while sort of sweet, was tarnished by the uncertainty of the letter from Cricket and Wilson's surprise son, as well as the annoying cliché where the main character writes the book that you're reading.

I just did not like this book at all. I can sort of see how someone could like it, so I'm not saying no one should read it, I just wouldn't recommend it to almost anyone.