Fast, fun read. There were some irritating plot holes (the Bran storyline, which was clumsy), but I’m looking forward to the sequels. It’s very entertaining, and that’s all I want right now.

Suprisingly good. A fast, interesting read, very thought provoking on a number of topics.

I wanted brain candy, and was told that Kinsale writes fun and good romance. Wrong on both counts. Flat, dull, and typical – and why the romance genre gets such a bad rap. Fun reading does not have to be stupid, too. Sigh.

Starts off strong, and is wonderfully interesting. And then, all the tangents become a bit much. About 1/2 through, it became a trial.
When Melvillie is writing about the Pequod and her hands, I could not put the book down. When the tangents go on and on… not so much.
This is a good book for evenings, a chapter at a time. It’s to be savored. For subway reading and the like, when you need a distracting plot, try something else.

Wonderfully written. I could not put it down. I will be reading this author again, and I would like to add this book to my collection.

Very strange, but very wonderful. This is one I’d like to own.

It has all the elements that I love – but it’s just too much. It’s one adventure after another, and not much is truly happening. Just name-dropping.

It’s amusing as a gues-the-reference activity… but other than that, ehh.

I gave up In the middle of part 2, and I doubt I will pick it up again. That said, I think I would have loved this as a child.

Not many best sellers live up to the hype, but this was wonderful. Funny, sad, exciting, moving – it was a near-perfect book.