How Does Balance of Interest Affect Reading "Under The Black Flag'?

        Have you ever read a book that at one point was so boring that you wished you had never picked it up, but suddenly in the very next chapter you take everything back and you swear that it is the most exciting and thrilling piece of literature that has ever existed on this earth? This is the sort of feeling that you get from reading "Under The Black Flag" by David Cordingly. This book is about the actual history of pirates and then how our society envisioned pirates over time. The book talks about the average pirate, what they wear, how they commit piracy, their crew, and their vessel. And also talks about famous pirates such as Bartholomew Roberts, Captain Kidd, and of course Blackbeard. The thing that is so unique about this book is that Cordingly goes into extreme detail about every single topic that he discusses making it sometimes all the more interesting and sometimes all the more boring. Cordingly often uses diagrams of actual ships, live accounts, and quotes from journals to provide more useful facts. An example of one of these quotes is when he quotes the journal of one of Sir Francais Drake's crewmember's journal. The quote is we have been travelling for days without any sign of land, God save our souls". These quotes can sometimes be boring or exciting. But they offer a first person look at what the life of a pirate was like. Throughout the entire book, the author continues a pattern of something that the reader may find interesting and then something that the reader may find less interesting but is still important information. For example, chapter 9 titled "Sloops, Schooners, and Pirate Ships" This chapter may be interesting for some but in my experience it was quite boring although i did learn some interesting facts about pirate ships. I was quite ready to put the book down for a bit when suddenly I realized that the next chapter was titled "Hunting Down Pirates". This chapter was extremely interesting to me because it was about the falls of Bartholomew Roberts and Blackbeard after they were hunted down. Suddenly the previous boring chapter didn't matter as I was so immersed in this new one.
        Throughout the entire book, Cordingly tries to convince the readers that piracy was one of the key essential practices that helped to establish our world and societies today. You can tell that he is very fond and passionate about the topic. The author makes every pirate that he discusses seem like a genius in their own respect. He also makes every pirate seize or battle seem like a jedi battle from Star Wars with all of the epic music in the back ground. He does this by describing these battles in great detail. And throughout the entire book, it is this level of detail that makes this book awesome..