Ahoy there me mateys! Here be a reviews of a book I thought I would love but ended up abandoning. This has great reviews from others in the crew but this Captain cut it loose to sink to the watery depths.

I really enjoyed Turton's the 7 1/2 deaths of evelyn hardcastle.  I thought I would love this because it is historical fiction set in 1634 and deals with a murder mystery on the high seas.  Should float me boat.  Nay, sunk like a stone.  One issue was that the writing felt too modern for the time period in both dialogue and in how the characters acted.  Life on the ship was boring!  I mean seriously it takes a lot for me to not care about a sea setting.  All the similes got on me nerves.  The narrator of this audiobook also did not help.  The production had strange voice choices and odd speech pacing.  I made it about a quarter of the way though before the boredom and historical inaccuracies made me abandon this one.  Arrr!