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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Pregnancy
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I mean, eat the rich for starters.
30 year age gap? Super predatory and a lot of power imbalance.
I don’t think this was some star crossed love affair, but an older man in midlife crisis taking advantage of a younger woman. Full stop.
As an interest in the Titanic and historical fiction, this scratched an itch. I find the Gilded Age of America fascinating so that was interesting too, but the actual couple featured is problematic, in my 2025 opinion.
Otherwise well written, kept me engaged.
30 year age gap? Super predatory and a lot of power imbalance.
I don’t think this was some star crossed love affair, but an older man in midlife crisis taking advantage of a younger woman. Full stop.
As an interest in the Titanic and historical fiction, this scratched an itch. I find the Gilded Age of America fascinating so that was interesting too, but the actual couple featured is problematic, in my 2025 opinion.
Otherwise well written, kept me engaged.
emotional
sad
slow-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
She. Was. SEVENTEEN?!? Difficult to get over that age gap. Otherwise, this book was okay.
(2 stars, but +1 because I did learn more about the Titanic, and it probably took a decent amount of research to write this.)
(2 stars, but +1 because I did learn more about the Titanic, and it probably took a decent amount of research to write this.)
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I enjoyed this book and learning some history I didn’t know. I was surprised how ruthless & relentless the media was even back then. If you like things related to the Titanic and that time period you will enjoy this book.
DNF
I am a Titanic Kid and I soooo wanted to like this but I couldn’t. It was wayyyyy too slow and I was slogging through the first few chapters and just couldn’t continue. Didn’t even get to the titanic part smh
I am a Titanic Kid and I soooo wanted to like this but I couldn’t. It was wayyyyy too slow and I was slogging through the first few chapters and just couldn’t continue. Didn’t even get to the titanic part smh