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suvata's review against another edition
4.0
• Thank you to Atria Books and NetGalley for providing this Advance Reading Copy. Expected publication date is October 4, 2022.
#StoryGraph: fiction historical literary adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
400 pages | first published 2022
Based on a real-life event, the sinking of a ship called the Batavia. This novel tells the tale of the lives of two children. 1629: An orphaned girl (Mayken) is bound for an island off Western Australia. 1989: A boy (Gil) is sent to live with his grandfather in a remote fishing village on the very same island. There he discovers the story of the shipwreck.
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1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is
bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks.
1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There, on the tiny reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck.
With her trademark "thrilling, mysterious, twisted, but more than anything, beautifully written" (Graham Norton New York Times bestselling author) storytelling, Jess Kidd weaves a unputdownable and charming tale of friendship and sacrifice, brutality and forgiveness.
#StoryGraph: fiction historical literary adventurous informative reflective medium-paced
400 pages | first published 2022
Based on a real-life event, the sinking of a ship called the Batavia. This novel tells the tale of the lives of two children. 1629: An orphaned girl (Mayken) is bound for an island off Western Australia. 1989: A boy (Gil) is sent to live with his grandfather in a remote fishing village on the very same island. There he discovers the story of the shipwreck.
Description
1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is
bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks.
1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There, on the tiny reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck.
With her trademark "thrilling, mysterious, twisted, but more than anything, beautifully written" (Graham Norton New York Times bestselling author) storytelling, Jess Kidd weaves a unputdownable and charming tale of friendship and sacrifice, brutality and forgiveness.
motherofladybirds's review against another edition
3.0
The tale of the Batavia shipwreck told through the eyes of a child and a more modern story of another child's loss on the same island. I did not love this as mush as her other books as it was a much more serious subject and lacked the trademark quirky humour. It was poignant and melancholy befitting the subject.
jamesm90's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? Yes
4.0
rkeefer1011's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.5
sarahjanehayes's review against another edition
figured out I don't like books where people are stuck on ships for a long time
rainbowbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
I'm still not sure how I fell about this one.... Probably 3.5 rounded up.
I liked both stories in that way one loves haunted, heartbreaking tales, but I kept hoping they would intersect in a way that was more tangible. Nevertheless, the writing is superb and the characters will steal your heart only to break it.
I liked both stories in that way one loves haunted, heartbreaking tales, but I kept hoping they would intersect in a way that was more tangible. Nevertheless, the writing is superb and the characters will steal your heart only to break it.
cat_book_lady's review against another edition
2.0
Not sure if this is marketed as YA (it should be) with two separate timelines nicely tied together at the end, BUT getting there wasn't exactly entertaining, and, well, juvenile. So if this is a YA book, it also had some mature scenes and language that may not be appropriate.
srcanedo's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
if mid was a book
drakoulis's review
2.0
The Night Ship is two different stories in the same book.
The tragedy of Batavia, and the story of Gil in the same islands where Batavia's story ended.
It's part historical fiction, part ghost story (I'm not really sure), part life story, and quite sad and gloomy in the end.
Sadly it didn't really do it for me, neither the writing nor the plot.
Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC.
The tragedy of Batavia, and the story of Gil in the same islands where Batavia's story ended.
It's part historical fiction, part ghost story (I'm not really sure), part life story, and quite sad and gloomy in the end.
Sadly it didn't really do it for me, neither the writing nor the plot.
Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for the ARC.
chlocarriere's review against another edition
I am too bored to continue this. I find myself avoiding reading this. I never DNF books, but I don't want to suffer through this one.
Its my fault. It's not my type of book!
Its my fault. It's not my type of book!