A fun summer read – a bit silly at times, then again, a dark tale of
misadventure; a totally believable story.
The author bases the action in San Francisco, which is always that much
more interesting for Northern Californian readers.
A media arts/radio broadcaster is trying to launch a nation-wide
project, while his teenage daughter (14) is testing her separated parents, and
herself with a crazy scheme to become a pirate(s) with some friends.
It’s still silly and doesn’t cross the line, even midstream when the
father is having it off with his new secretary in L.A. while pitching his new
show.
It does cross the line, for me, when the kids go piratanical. Murder does not cross my line; many people
commit this crime with varieties of reasons.
Mayhem crosses my line. It
involves controlled passion, not a fit of … ..
Mayhem is evil, inexcusable. As
in the old testament, the righteous judgement is an eye for an eye; an arm for
an arm. The kids go beyond mayhem,
And the book ends without judgement.
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