[Pirate Latitudes]
Year:
2009
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Year of publication:
2009
Pages:
324
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
Transmits values:
Sexual content:
Violent content:
Vulgar or obscene language:
Ideas that contradict Church teaching:
The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
This posthumous work by Crichton is a pirate novel set in the Caribbean of the 17th century. The original text was found on the author’s computer after his death; perhaps Crichton intended to revise it further, because the novel is not particularly original in the way it presents the intrigue, and the setting is often reduced to references to the filth of the place and portraying all the characters as womanizers and libertines.
In this regard, the author dwells longer than usual on this last aspect. Thus, there are a couple of brief obscene passages and some extended risqué scenes. Such prolixity, combined with the moral permissiveness of the characters, gives the book a low tone.
Author: Manuel Martínez, Spain
Update on: Aug 2025