Hace mucho tiempo no me desagradaba TANTO un libro

If you love historical fiction with lots of period detail about everyday life, then you'll enjoy this story. McCullough tells the story of Morgan who ends up on a ship bound for Australia. The hardships of being a prisoner forced to live in the ship's hole is fascinating although disturbing. The story arc is very satisfying and a bit surprising. Like all her work, McCullough knows her topic and it shows.

Bella saga, peccato che non la scrittrice non ha più proseguito la storia del protagonista!

Morgan's Run is one of the best books I have read in a long time/ever read. It is books like this that remind me why I like to read in the first place. An epic tale of historical fiction, Morgan's run is a thrilling page-turner, but don't make the mistake of thinking you'll fly through it. Enjoy every page because once it's finished, you'll feel as if you're leaving best friends behind. One thing you won't find is a boring, cookie-cutter novel, predictably written like most of the books cranked out today. I cannot say enough good about it.

It's interesting to me that some readers complained about McCullough's heavy focus on period detail, because for me that's what made this book so special. Anybody can write a fluffy little novel set in the past. McCullough writes history with fictionalized characters. I learned so much about the origins of Australia from this book, and recommended it to my father who is soon visiting the continent.

It's no literary tour de force, but I really enjoyed it--especially once the hero got shipped off to Australia. Her description of the passage was horrifying (and to think slave ships must have been worse!) I just enjoyed learning about this period in Australia's history in the form of a frothy read. ;-)

I read this book several years ago, and rather enjoyed it, but quickly forgot the title and author (I don't usually read these type of novels, preferring to stick to westerns or sci-fi/fantasy). I already had a fascination with the late 18th century, but was really only aware of American and French goings-ons. While I understand this is a work of fiction, it still provided insight to other facets of the world at the time.

I generally liked the characters, but I'll admit that they were kind of flat. The author left a lot to be imagined about them, while providing insane amounts of details about some features (like William Henry's eyes). The storyline is more like several small stories centered around one character all strung together than what I would consider a true novel; it would have made a great episodic read.

This book was definitely challenging to read. I had to make myself finish it. Sometimes there was SO much detail that I couldn't understand what she was writing. I would have to go back and re-read it or just skim over it. It was "ok", but knowing what I know now, I would NOT choose to read it. I do not recommend it.

Not fair to really review this one as I listened to the abridged version of the book. Just right for me but I'm sure I missed a lot of details. Really made me want to read more about the prisoners that were sent to settle Australia.

It is true that all the pages before the voyage are less important and mostly consist of tavern gossip, but they tell us why Richard Morgan was deported: it was an outrageous injustice about like in Les Misérables and in The Count of Monte Cristo. Morgan is indeed a too perfect hero, but we must not forget his repudiation of his wife, which shatters her and makes many people turn against him. A good read, at least the part in Australia, where I did not skip so many pages.

A little slow to start, but once you get into it, the characters become real and the story is awesome! If you haven't read it and want some historical fiction insight into the setteling of Australia (by English convicts) this is a great place to start!

I started this a couple of years ago, but it didn't grab me, so I went onto something else. Desperate for a book recently, I picked it up again, and started it again (taking quite a while to realise I had actually read the start before!). Again, I didn't really like the start of the book, but got through it this time, and it was worth it. Once Richard is convicted and sent on board ship in London to await transportation, the story really starts to become interesting. I enjoyed reading about life on the transport ships, and the settlements at Botany Bay and Norfolk Island - incredibly difficult to imagine life in this time, but this book described it well. A great record of the terrible things people in power could do to those less fortunate, but also a great testiment to the power of the human spirit.