The Pirates! : An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab (Paperback)

from Juva

This book is cute, silly, and ultimately forgettable. It's humorous, but not properly funny. It made me smile, but not laugh. There aren't really plots to these stories. It's mostly a vehicle to throw a few random facts at the reader. Honestly, my favorite parts of the books were the footnotes, w...

from manatree

So - so. I enjoy British humor, however both of these 'novels' would have been much better if they had been trimmed down to short stories.

from tulikangaroo

Silly, clever and funny. I particularly enjoyed the dastardly Bishop subjecting the pirate with a scarf and Jennifer to psychometric tests to determine which one wasn't really female, but there are many laugh-out-loud/forehead-slapping funny bits.

from wordsampersand

I laughed.

from Alliebadger

This was one of those books where I wonder why I went so long without reading it. It was a light, fun read that literally made me laugh out loud over and over again. None of the pirates have names (other than the PIrate Captain, which is his name), I love that they are referred to as the pirate w...