[Informal Review] We Are Pirates

*review taken from my account on Goodreads

I am a huge fan of Lemony Snicket, and is now well-aware that books written under Handler's true name is very different from Snicket's, even if this is still my second time reading a book from him not related to the Baudelaire case. I liked this book, mostly at the first portions. This was divided into two parts, and the contrast of both partitions was overwhelming - sudden, without a gentle transition , but not losing the flow of the story, and I think that's one of the reasons I found it strange and somewhat difficult to continue.

The first parts were about the main characters, father and daughter, related by family, both seeking happiness in their own chosen forms. The story is told alternately from Phil and Gwen, and we meet the other characters who were there to either shine spotlights or plant thorns under their feet. This part is knowing the people, their desires, their thoughts - about people, about things, about their lives. Handler had given out humor on this part, and to me it was great. And then the other half of the story turned into action which involved blood. And here we see the deeper parts one deals with in being human - hatred, control, relationships, sacrifice, seeing that searching and voyaging for your goal is a long way, and one might often question themselves if they were truly successful or not at the end of everything. The humor was gone here, it was all emotions. It would've been great somehow, but at this point of the book, it was a mess. While I think these characters aren't introduced to be loved, but just to be known, it does make me wonder what would happen to them, despite Handler giving out outlooks of what they will become in the future. This here, I see Handler's writing was complete, yet do I think there were holes? Do I think they should be covered up? Maybe I do, maybe I don't. And for that: "The world was her home, she could not leave it. She was found, she was lost. She was safe, she was doomed. She was history. "

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