The Yellow Admiral Audiobook

" Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin suffer the tedium of a naval blockade but, before long, Stephen's murky activities require them to engage in dangerous missions. Jack's peace of mind is threatened by secrets from the past and concerns over his career progression. "

" I'm getting a bit bothered with this series. I'm very nearly finished so I will press on to complete the series. More with the next reviews. "

" originally read 13 Dec 2007 "

" I enjoyed this book like all the other in the Aubrey-Maturin series but it's not quite as exciting - fewer and less impressive sea battles, more time spent on land, and less of Stephen in general made it fall a bit short for me. "

" I enjoyed this book like all the other in the Aubrey-Maturin series but it's not quite as exciting - fewer and less impressive sea battles, more time spent on land, and less of Stephen in general made it fall a bit short for me. "

" The series remains so good but with only 2 books and the partial final book... I don't want to rush to start reading more of them... because it will be sad to finish them. Such really beautiful writing. "

" This is a page turner and a sensitive view of the life on board ship in the napoleonic wars. Then the sailors go home and we follow them. I am interested to be on the water with these men. "

" This is where they start to fall off. This might be the worst of the series... pretty much nothing happens. "

" Fairly consistent in keeping with the rest of the series - much of the plot happening with implied comments and silences than going into specific detail. As occurred about 3 books into the series, as there have already been plenty of detailed sea battles, they have been mostly glossed over with the detail shifting to other aspects of early 19th century life. The good doctor, as always is the foil for the detailed discussions of life through his (occasionally somewhat unbelievable) ignorance. "

" Great book, but not as good as the beginning of the series. "

" Nowhere near my favorite of the Aubrey-Mataurin, but when you write 10,000 pages on the same character, there are some that are only good instead of great. "

" My God O'Brien is a great author. "

" Captain Jack Aubrey navigates several challenges: supporting the rights of unlanded families in his district to a piece of uncultivated property; serving under an admiral who had an interest in cultivating that property, which predisposes him to write poor reports about Jack, thus killing Jack's chances of ever commanding a squadron; dealing with fallout from an old extra-marital affair. Sometimes you just can't get the better of turkeys like your commanding officer or your mother-in-law. You have to put up with the unjust consequences . . . and wait for Patrick O'Brian to kill both of them in the next book. "

" Maybe my least-favorite of the Aubrey/Maturin books, one of the rare times when it feels like O'Brian is just working through his research "Oh, enclosures of the commons, that ought to be good for 1/3 of a book... " "

" I continue to love this series. "

" Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin suffer the tedium of a naval blockade but, before long, Stephen's murky activities require them to engage in dangerous missions. Jack's peace of mind is threatened by secrets from the past and concerns over his career progression. "

" #18 in Aubrey-Maturin naval series "

" While reading this book, I found it the most boring and pointless in the series. By the third page of the following book I appreciated the point of The Yellow Admiral much more--O'Brian spends TYA getting back to the family life and social issues that are missed at sea, which is important for developing the characters although harder to appreciate at the time. "

" Great book, but not as good as the beginning of the series. "

" 1st Recorded Reading: August 2001 "

" I'm getting a bit bothered with this series. I'm very nearly finished so I will press on to complete the series. More with the next reviews. "

" Wish he'd written 100 "

" meh, not my favorite... "

" I continue to love this series. "

" Great, surprisingly one of my favorites, this late in the game. Poetically written, elegiac at times. Exciting ending. "

" I've liked all of this series and this one is no exception. It provides a good lead-in to the next one, which obviously concerns the last outbreak of the Napoleonic wars. Simon Vance does an excellent job of reading this series. "

" #18...and the series still is a great read! "

" A solid addition to the series, with some truly delightful moments. "

" I somehow missed the parts where Stephen gets his money back, and Blaine get married. Huh. "

" I love love love these books; I'm on my second time through. When I get to the end, I fully expect to go back to Master and Commander and start all over again! "

" A very good pervasive aura of melancholy. The characters are getting older, in both good and bad ways; every victory seems to lead to a defeat. "

" 19 in the series. Really great historical fiction. I listened to some Horatio Hornblower novels this year as well and while those are good Patrick O'Brians two main characters are the best. "

" The series remains so good but with only 2 books and the partial final book... I don't want to rush to start reading more of them... because it will be sad to finish them. Such really beautiful writing. "

" This is a page turner and a sensitive view of the life on board ship in the napoleonic wars. Then the sailors go home and we follow them. I am interested to be on the water with these men. "

" Not one of O'Brian's best. "

" ..OULALA "

" A very good pervasive aura of melancholy. The characters are getting older, in both good and bad ways; every victory seems to lead to a defeat. "

" Love all the books that I have read in this series. Need to get back to them. "

" Maybe my least-favorite of the Aubrey/Maturin books, one of the rare times when it feels like O'Brian is just working through his research "Oh, enclosures of the commons, that ought to be good for 1/3 of a book... " "

" A little too much blockade work. "

" The fact that I have only three more books until i must bid farewell to Jack and Stephen forever fills me with unspeakable sorrow. "

" Nice. More of the same. Not enough nautical stuff in this one though. I want more action. "

" This is where they start to fall off. This might be the worst of the series... pretty much nothing happens. "

" It would have been great if he had lived to finish it. As for the last chapters, could somebody just type the damned thing out? "

" See my first review. "

" The untitled, unfinished #21 volume, the end of the series...the author died before it was finished--and perhaps it was better that way: no possibly unsatisfying endings. Adieu. "

" #18...and the series still is a great read! "

" It is always sad to think of authors starting a book and then dieing before it is finished. I wonder if when Patrick O'Brian started this if he intended it to be the last and how he would have finished--Jack sailing off into the sunset or settling at home?<br/><br/>Probably sailing. "

" What little there was to read was wonderful, but I'm left depressed that these amazingly complex and living characters are done forever now that the author is gone. "

" Only three stars... what gives? Of course, this is because the novel was left unfinished by the death of the author. I have the sense of hearing a great symphony only to be left hanging by the absence of the final great chord. "

" The fact that I have only three more books until i must bid farewell to Jack and Stephen forever fills me with unspeakable sorrow. "

" Warning, for fans of the Aubrey/Maturin series: this book is quite an anticlimax and would best be avoided by all but the most curious to read the final unfinished, sparsely edited frame of a story. Book 20 is a fine conclusion to an amazing series--leave it there. "

" Capt. Aubrey and Dr. Maturin #18. "

" Three chapters of a first draft. "

" The series remains so good but with only 2 books and the partial final book... I don't want to rush to start reading more of them... because it will be sad to finish them. Such really beautiful writing. "

" I'm glad I read it, even though it was only three chapters. It left off with the characters in good state, and it is kind of nice to think of them sailing on- with some idea where there next adventure would take them and what it would involve. "

" I enjoyed this book like all the other in the Aubrey-Maturin series but it's not quite as exciting - fewer and less impressive sea battles, more time spent on land, and less of Stephen in general made it fall a bit short for me. "

" Unfinished when O'Brian died but interesting nonetheless to see what would have happened to Aubrey &amp; Maturin. "

" A waste of time and far too much money, in the hardback especially. For those of us who wanted the Aubrey/Maturin series to go on forever, this was the final proof that O'Brian had died. "

" Final book in the series which I started 5/07 - averaging one per month. Latter books don't seem quite to riveting as the first ones, but maybe it was me that changed! Good but sad ending with the death of O'Brian. "

" This was interesting, had to special order it but a little sad -- Cool to see the handwritten text with corrections on one page and the standard printed text on the other.... "

" I liked this more than I expected to. "