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Ol' Pirate Cove (a book that takes place on the sea) read for the Quest for the Bookie Grail in The Book Junkie Trials 2019. Magi for the win!

This was okay enough, I guess, but definitely not for those who regularly read fantasy or maybe even books in general. The reveal on the 3rd to last page was spoiled for me when someone decided to give me a two sentence synopsis that I didn't ask for, so that may have contributed to my mindset while reading. Pacing was off, dialogue felt unnatural and inauthentic to the time period, and the characters were all caricatures. Some people may enjoy all the nods to famous literature, but most of it felt lazy to me. There was potential for this to be really fast paced, exciting, and funny. It did not live up to that potential at all.



That being said, there was one quote that I loved enough to tab (which could possibly be reworded/borrowed from another author and I'm just too uncultured to realize it):

“When all that we have within is exposed, and we may no longer blame our inadequacies for our failure, but must instead depend on out strengths to succeed... that is when the measure of a man is taken, my boy.”