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The Pirate's Daughter (Hardcover)

by Margaret Cezair-Thompson (Author)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
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Product details

  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Review (1 Nov 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0755343573
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755343577
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 680,988 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Product Description

The Independent, 23rd November 2007

'...the breathtaking pace and verve...make it a delight; a touch of summer reading in a grim winter'


Review

'A surprising yarn that is rich, salty and ultimately satisfying... sparkles with characters real and imagined'

(Washington Post )

'Imagine that you are a beautiful 13-year-old Jamaican girl. Imagine that Errol Flynn washes up near your town in his schooner after a hurricane... This is the delicious premise that sets The Pirate's Daughter in motion, and from there, the novel never stops for breath'

(O magazine )

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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Entertaining, Spell-Binding Tale, 27 Mar 2008
By Michelle Moore "bookclubforum.co.uk" (Kent, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pirate's Daughter (Paperback)
Although the title refers to May, the daughter, this story is very much the story of both mother and daughter. It begins with Ida as a teenager, meeting and falling for Errol.. a love that never leaves her.

I initially had reservations about using a real famous person in a fiction book, but it does work. Errol is obviously important, and I did find myself looking him up, to see how realistic his character was, but he's not a central character, and this helps. Once past the initial part of the story, there is so much more to keep you interested.

Whilst reading, the book seems to move at a fairly comfortable pace, but at the same time, I often found myself wanting `just one more chapter'. I carried this one around, just so I could dip into in my spare minutes. It's the type of book that you get caught up in before you realise it's happened.

The majority of the story is set in Jamaica, during a period of unrest - the history is quietly presented.. enough to give an insight, without distracting from the real story.

It also deals with racism from a slightly different angle.. because of May's mixed background, she never feels completely accepted, as she feels neither `coloured' or white. This leads to May feeling an outsider.. a feeling I'm sure many feel at some point at their lives.

This is an entertaining, spell-binding tale, which would make a perfect holiday read.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Apart from the smell of the bouganvillea not much to recommend, 2 Sep 2008
By J. Ing "sleekotterswims" (Oxford) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Pirate's Daughter (Paperback)
This book is readable, but only just. There is a story, as the other reviewers have explained, but I found myself uncaring of the ending. The writing lacks depth and the narrative style is commonplace. There is no more to the story than what happens, unless perhaps, the tropical setting, which, for one based in rain-soaked England, is alluring. I wonder what makes the book successful for others? Perhaps the link to Hollywood? Perhaps the lack of profundity? I don't know, but I hope that this review will enable readers to consider a range of views about this rather 'so what?' book.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Rambling and long winded, 22 Jul 2008
By Julia Flyte - See all my reviews
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I struggled to get through this novel. It took so long to get going and it never grabbed me. It's the story of Ida, a Jamaican girl who meets the actor Errol Flynn as a young girl and ends up having a daughter with him. Although the daughter May is the title character, she doesn't really come into the story until the second half of the book. The first part is all about how Ida meets Errol and eventually becomes his lover at the age of 16. The relationship doesn't last and Ida is left to raise her daughter on her own, although she does later marry.

The book is very slow - oddly so, because a lot happens, but the action parts are rushed and the parts between dragged out. The synopsis makes it sound so exciting: pirates' tales, hunting for lost treasure and appearances by stars like Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe. All I can say is while these things are mentioned, they are hardly major elements of the story. It's a book that is more character driven than plot driven: unfortunately the characters are not particularly likeable or even interesting.

Cezair-Thompson seems intimidated by the idea of incorporating Errol Flynn as a fictional character: he never feels real in the way that the other characters do. The idea of using a real person in a piece of fiction is far from new - for example, William Boyd does it very skillfully in "Any Human Heart". But here it feels clumsy and contrived.

Some of the dialogue is written in the Jamaican dialect. Reading other reviews, I guess I'm the minority here, but I found that distracting. It irritates me when I need to slow down my reading to decipher what is being said by sentences like: "Wha'fe you cyan be unfe you".

The one thing that I really loved about this book is the descriptions of Jamaica, which are gorgeous. You can almost smell the rain-scented forests, feel the tropical breezes, see the white bougainvillea fringing the colorfully painted houses. But overall, this book was a disappointment to me.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmmmmmm
This book was chosen as our book club book. 4 of us read it and no-one enjoyed it. The mixture of a real person, along with fiction did not sit well. Read more
Published 3 days ago by K. Graham

1.0 out of 5 stars Tiresome chick lit
Little to recommend this book other than the setting. It's tired, tedious and lamentably predictable. Read more
Published 1 month ago by B. A. V. MIDDLEMAST-NEAL

1.0 out of 5 stars the pirates daughter
i dont normally write reviews for books but this book was such a disapointment and i was so cross at the end ! Read more
Published 2 months ago by Ms. J. Foster

3.0 out of 5 stars In like Flynn - Oh thats what it means !
Set in Jamaica we follow Ida who will never forget her first love notorious womaniser Errol Flynn. When he eventually seduces her she mistakening thinks he loves her but sadly she... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dr Phibes

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Holiday Read
I thought about buying this book to take on holiday but was put off, assuming it was mainly about Errol Flynn and his escapades. Read more
Published 3 months ago by CGB, London

4.0 out of 5 stars Family saga in a tropical setting
I enjoyed this very readable family saga set on the beautiful tropical island of Jamaica, a perfect summer read. Read more
Published 4 months ago by LindyLouMac

2.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to like it...
Sadly this didn't live up to the buzz that surrounded it last year. I'm surprised it's counted as literary fiction. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Helen

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
This book wasn't at all what I expected but it was a particularly good read.

The setting of the book is Jamaica and even at its troubled worst it is still... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Louise

5.0 out of 5 stars Unputdownable!!
I loved reading this well drawn tale of love,lust,longing and belonging against a backdrop of the beauty and roughness of Jamaica. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Ms. Debra Cordice

4.0 out of 5 stars An easy Summer read
I liked this book. I was on a beach holiday and looking for an easy Summer read.
This book captures the beauty of Jamaica from the 1950's and 60's and blends fiction with... Read more
Published 10 months ago by C. Sandler

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