Funk Rating: 5 out of 10
It's so sad when you can just imagine the outline of a book and think about its potential and then you read the wreck of the full book in excruciating detail.
This could have been a great book. Honestly, I think it should have been a great book.
Why it's not is known only by the author and the publishing house. This had all the makings of a very good story with some Constitutional language that opens up a door to a great plot, and then some really clever drafting that could have made this a Dan Brown level book.
Sadly, it fell so far short the thud was deafening. The story jumped between multiple plot lines so fast it was like ADHD in a book; the thesis of privateers and early pirates as a surprisingly democratic type of governance was slick at first, by the 18th time it came back into the story it felt forced; by the 30th time, I just wanted to vomit. And so on...
Don't bother with this one.
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