Instruct: Classify a review as either positive or negative.
Query: The next Patrick O'Brian?

Like some of the reviewers, I felt that it started much too slowly for a Sharp's adventure and I also felt that it had far too much on his love(?) interest. The last 1/3 or so was equal to his other books but I get the feeling that Cornwell has generated a book to prove to his agent or to his publishers that he can write "sea stories" to take up the Patrick O'Brian flag. We will all need to wait to see if Sharp fights his next battle on land, sea, or in the bed room!