Ships! Storms at sea! Sailors! Hunting from boats! Not pirates but kind of like them! A larger-than-life villain whom Jack London not-so-secretly adored and wanted to kiss! A hero who transforms from weak and timid to competent and pretty okay! A goddess-like fair maiden of unparalleled beauty and virtue and intelligence whom Jack London also not-so-secretly adored and wanted to kiss! She has to lay down flat on her back all the time because she is so fragile and becomes very fatigued! It sounds like she has a chronic illness but to Jack London it is a mark of her unparalleled womanliness! Her eyes are so luminous and warm and her skin is so soft and her hair curls just so! But she really does try hard and at least he lets her be quite smart in addition to being so very very small and fragile.

Despite this review! I did enjoy the book! Even though I snickered a lot! While reading it! Jack London you’re a silly guy! And you clearly wanted to be a pirate!