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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
I would have preferred to read direct transcripts from Lord’s interviews with survivors, but there was a lot of interesting information here and it was well researched. Those who like narrative fiction will probably enjoy it a lot more than I did.
The first well-documented and comprehensive history of the sinking of the Titanic.
adventurous
Needless loss of many lives. And the fact that the poorest passengers were left to fend for themselves enraged me even more. 0 children of 1st and 2nd class passengers died. 52 children of third class passengers died.
adventurous
emotional
informative
medium-paced
I finished A Night to Remember by Walter Lord in three days. I couldn't put it down. This is the difinitive book on the fatal iceberg collision and tragic sinking of the Titanic that occured in the late night and early morning hours of April 14th and 15th in 1912. Well-researched and rich with detail and true personal accounts, this book is engrossing.
I was truly touched and captivated by the stories of heroism and chivalry born and told from the events of that fateful and bitterly cold night. The tales of pure animalistic survival and the effects of class division and how it played a massive part in who lived and who perished. The mistakes of the Titanic that were never again to be repeated.
The way that this story enthralled the entire world then and still does to this day. Highly recommend this read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Classism
Read this after a recent rewarch of the 1990s film. What a classic. Fast, easy to read, good balance of anecdote and fact. What struck me is how calm and matter-of-fact the depiction was for such an immense tragedy
Walter Lord tells this story with great restraint, which adds to the horror of it. Despite reading this in the summer heat, I felt completely present in the early-spring North Atlantic in 1912. Enormously compelling reading. Nathan Philbrick's introduction is excellent, also.(Minus one star for not including a crew list along with the passenger list.)
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
This was a riveting fast paced account of the sinking of the RMS Titanic while on her maiden voyage in April of 1912. Written in the 1950s, there were still plenty of survivors for author Walter Lord to interview. He was able to capture first hand testimonies as well as construct a very readable and compelling timeline of events of that night where Murpheys Law was in full effect.
I could have easily devoured this in a day or two but I wanted to take my time as this is a subject i have always been interested in and this book was delivering pretty much everything I needed it to. I didn't want it to end. I am trying to patiently wait for its companion book The Night Lives On to arrive in the mail.
I could have easily devoured this in a day or two but I wanted to take my time as this is a subject i have always been interested in and this book was delivering pretty much everything I needed it to. I didn't want it to end. I am trying to patiently wait for its companion book The Night Lives On to arrive in the mail.
emotional
informative
sad
tense
fast-paced