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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
emotional
hopeful
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
sad
slow-paced
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
For a book that has the Astors, touched a little on Gilded Age society and had the Titanic, three things I usually love reading about, this book was quite the bore.
There's nothing particularly wrong with this story, but nothing exciting happens. You don't really feel the things that happen in this book, they're all just told to us.
The courtship of John Jacob Astor and Madeleine Force is so....blah. Their small wedding and their trip through Egypt felt lifeless; almost like reading a textbook biography of their lives.
The reason I love Historical Fiction is the added excitement of the 'Fiction' part. The story is based loosely on actual events and people, but the good parts are the fiction parts, and that's where the excitement is.
While the writing was perfectly fine here, I feel like there was very little drama to keep me engaged. It took me 9 days to read this book. NINE days to read a 350-page book. I got to the point where I dreaded picking this up because it was just so boring. Even when they finally got on the Titanic! Booooored.
Overall, while this didn't do it for me, I don't discourage anyone from reading this. If you love the Titanic, the Astors, or the time period, then give it a shot. A lot of other people here really enjoyed this, so this may be a case of 'right book at the wrong time' for me, but I just couldn't get into this.
There's nothing particularly wrong with this story, but nothing exciting happens. You don't really feel the things that happen in this book, they're all just told to us.
The courtship of John Jacob Astor and Madeleine Force is so....blah. Their small wedding and their trip through Egypt felt lifeless; almost like reading a textbook biography of their lives.
The reason I love Historical Fiction is the added excitement of the 'Fiction' part. The story is based loosely on actual events and people, but the good parts are the fiction parts, and that's where the excitement is.
While the writing was perfectly fine here, I feel like there was very little drama to keep me engaged. It took me 9 days to read this book. NINE days to read a 350-page book. I got to the point where I dreaded picking this up because it was just so boring. Even when they finally got on the Titanic! Booooored.
Overall, while this didn't do it for me, I don't discourage anyone from reading this. If you love the Titanic, the Astors, or the time period, then give it a shot. A lot of other people here really enjoyed this, so this may be a case of 'right book at the wrong time' for me, but I just couldn't get into this.
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No