Book review: Piratica, by Tanith Lee
Many of you will know that I haven't been reading many books over the last couple of years: at first I found it uncomfortable, and later I realised that I had fallen out of the habit and that there were compensations.
On Friday, while in Waterstones to buy Tricia Sullivan's Maul, I noticed a new Tanith Lee book -- Piratica -- and could not resist.
On Saturday, ill in bed, I read it: and it is delicious, though I suspect many of the jokes will be wasted on its target 12+ audience. I'll try to keep my review pun-free, as well as spoiler-free, but cannot resist as lead-in the old chestnut -- immortalised in a Led Zep song title -- about the bloke whose wife's on holiday in the Caribbean.
'Jamaica?'
'No, she ( went of her own accord.' )
On Friday, while in Waterstones to buy Tricia Sullivan's Maul, I noticed a new Tanith Lee book -- Piratica -- and could not resist.
On Saturday, ill in bed, I read it: and it is delicious, though I suspect many of the jokes will be wasted on its target 12+ audience. I'll try to keep my review pun-free, as well as spoiler-free, but cannot resist as lead-in the old chestnut -- immortalised in a Led Zep song title -- about the bloke whose wife's on holiday in the Caribbean.
'Jamaica?'
'No, she ( went of her own accord.' )