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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I’ve always been fascinated with the Titanic, and this book gave an interesting insight into one of the families’ lives. It gave the history headlines a human aspect.
Titanic...need I say more?!? Another layer revealed about the Titanic. Reading about the lives they lead and the lives they should have lead brings a new dimension to this tragic event.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A fairly smooth read and well-researched. I've never been a big Titanic nerd but this book definitely had me googling things and wanting more backstory/details!
I received a copy of this book as part of a Goodreads giveaway, but all opinions are my own.
I find myself going down a rabbit hole whenever I come across anything about the Titanic. And I was pretty intrigued to find out that this book was based off actual people. However, it is hard reading about a topic, in which you already know how it is going to end. That being said, I appreciated the viewpoint of Madeleine and how unruly paparazzi can be, even for that time period. I did fall for the love story between Madeleine and Jack and was bummed when I got to the end of the book. But after finishing the book, I am not quite sure how I feel about their relationship.
The way the author described Madeleine's feelings and reactions to her husband throughout the book, I developed this picture in my mind of a wife who worshipped her husband and lost her greatest love of all time. Reading the end of the book, made me really think that Madeleine would never get over her loss. However, I did some quick research on her and found that she ended up getting married and divorced 2 more times. Perhaps she divorced these men because they never could live up to Jack (I haven't researched THAT much), but it kind of put a damper on the everlasting love I felt emitting from the book. Also, taking her age into consideration when she married Jack, perhaps the author was overshooting a bit on describing Madeleine's devotion and over the top love for Jack.
After all that, I still rated the book 4 stars because who doesn't love a good romance and adding the Titanic as a setting, really helped to build the story. I did feel like the Titanic part of the book, could have been a little bit more developed, but alas, this wasn't a story about the Titanic, but about the love between Jack and Madeleine.
I find myself going down a rabbit hole whenever I come across anything about the Titanic. And I was pretty intrigued to find out that this book was based off actual people. However, it is hard reading about a topic, in which you already know how it is going to end. That being said, I appreciated the viewpoint of Madeleine and how unruly paparazzi can be, even for that time period. I did fall for the love story between Madeleine and Jack and was bummed when I got to the end of the book. But after finishing the book, I am not quite sure how I feel about their relationship.
The way the author described Madeleine's feelings and reactions to her husband throughout the book, I developed this picture in my mind of a wife who worshipped her husband and lost her greatest love of all time. Reading the end of the book, made me really think that Madeleine would never get over her loss. However, I did some quick research on her and found that she ended up getting married and divorced 2 more times. Perhaps she divorced these men because they never could live up to Jack (I haven't researched THAT much), but it kind of put a damper on the everlasting love I felt emitting from the book. Also, taking her age into consideration when she married Jack, perhaps the author was overshooting a bit on describing Madeleine's devotion and over the top love for Jack.
After all that, I still rated the book 4 stars because who doesn't love a good romance and adding the Titanic as a setting, really helped to build the story. I did feel like the Titanic part of the book, could have been a little bit more developed, but alas, this wasn't a story about the Titanic, but about the love between Jack and Madeleine.
I really wanted to love this book, but it was just okay. The perspective shifting at each chapter made it jolty all the way through and I ultimately didn’t really care that much about the main characters by the end.
This book was enchanting. The beginning, the middle, the end. It was beautiful, just beautiful. Abé made me feel like I was there with Madeline, like I was seeing everything she saw and felt what she was feeling. From New York to Egypt, from Egypt to the Titanic, from the Titanic to the Carpathia, and finally from the Carpathia to her 5th Avenue home, this emotional and heartbreaking historical novel was a delight to read.
I really liked it, I'm just not in a reading mood right now. I will go back to it later on.