{"id":183,"date":"2006-01-31T20:35:13","date_gmt":"2006-02-01T03:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=183"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:41:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T16:41:51","slug":"the-nautical-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/183","title":{"rendered":"The Nautical Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nautical Chart<\/a><\/em> (2000) Arturo Perez-Reverte<\/a>
\nTranslated by Margaret Sayers Peden<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It took me awhile to get into The Nautical Chart<\/em>. The other books I have read by Arturo Perez-Reverte have drawn me in immediately, but not so for this book. I started reading the book back in December, but kept picking up other books to read instead of going back to read this one. <\/p>\n

Coy is a sailor who has had his license suspended. Thus, he is stranded on land, in Barcelona, without a clue as to what he will do with himself until he can go back to sea. At loose ends, he wanders into an action of naval objects, and a nautical chart, made by Salcedo Urrutia is sold after a nasty bidding war.<\/p>\n

From there, Coy is drawn into a strange situation involving the chart, sunken ships, and far more trouble than he expects.<\/p>\n

One problem I had with the story was that it started very slowly, and I wasn’t sure whether I cared for the main character, Coy, or not. I eventually decided I did like Coy, and I eventually did get into the story, but it took almost 100 pages, which was frustrating.<\/p>\n

The second issue I had with the book is that although I did not know precisely where the story was going (in fact, several of my guesses were remarkably wrong) I was pretty sure where the relationship between Coy and Tanger was going (nowhere good).<\/p>\n

In tone, the book reminded me more of The Queen of the South<\/em> than of The Flanders Panel<\/em>, with a liberal salting of strong language and naughty bits. I suppose the strong language and naughty bits were to be expected, considering that the main character is a sailor, but they just weren’t my favorite parts. <\/p>\n

However, I much preferred the translation of this book to the translation done of The Queen of the South<\/em>. Although Spanish words and terms were used, they were either explained, proper names, or the meaning was clear from the context.<\/p>\n

Although this was a good book, I just did not like it nearly as well as I liked The Flanders Panel<\/em> and The Fencing Master<\/em>. If this was the first Arturo Perez-Reverte book I read, I am not sure if I would have searched for more of his books to read. The story was interesting, I ended up really liking Coy and El Piloto, and I really wanted to know what happened. But this book just seemed to run much slower than his other books, and I found myself skimming in places. <\/p>\n

If you’re looking to start reading Arturo Perez-Reverte, this is not my recommendation for a starting place. I think that The Flanders Panel<\/em> and The Fencing Master<\/em> would be a far better place to start.
\nRating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nautical Chart (2000) Arturo Perez-Reverte Translated by Margaret Sayers Peden It took me awhile to get into The Nautical Chart. The other books I have read by Arturo Perez-Reverte have drawn me in immediately, but not so for this book. 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