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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
A book that stays with you long after you've finished. I couldn't reccomend this read enough!!
Literally my new favorite book! When I first saw this book I was iffie on it, but once we had our Titanic unit at my school I was super excited to read this! But that was last year and finally this year when doing our poetry unit I got to read "The Watch That Ends the Night." It has absolutely EVERYTHING when it comes to a novel! It has romance (I ship Alfred Rush and Jamila Nicola-Yarred so hard!)and action (of course! The ship sinks). It makes you feel like one of the passengers on board; all their feelings, so get so attached! I do warn though! If you cry easily you will not want to read this story because it WILL make you sob!
Second Reread Review:
There are so many things I love about this book. I'm usually not a poetry fan, but this is one of my favorite poetry books. Something about the Titanic hits differently with me. I finished this book on the 109th anniversary of the sinking. I feel like I still learn new things about the Titanic all the time. I don't know how I forget how many different countries people were from that were on the Titanic. Something in my mind just blocks it out and I think there were only Americans and Britains on board. Mind you I've read this book before and I've read other Titanic works before.
One of my favorite things about this book is how many crewmates and passengers are given voices. We don't just see representation from first class; we see so many different sides from the captain of the ship all the way down to a young boy. While this is a work of historical fiction it is rooted in fact. At the end of the novel Wolf shares small biographies of the voyagers (Both crew and passengers) and what happened to them.
It is still amazing to me 109 years later how many people died on the ship and how many people were never identified.
MVPs: I still love reading Jamila and Margaret's sections.
There are so many things I love about this book. I'm usually not a poetry fan, but this is one of my favorite poetry books. Something about the Titanic hits differently with me. I finished this book on the 109th anniversary of the sinking. I feel like I still learn new things about the Titanic all the time. I don't know how I forget how many different countries people were from that were on the Titanic. Something in my mind just blocks it out and I think there were only Americans and Britains on board. Mind you I've read this book before and I've read other Titanic works before.
One of my favorite things about this book is how many crewmates and passengers are given voices. We don't just see representation from first class; we see so many different sides from the captain of the ship all the way down to a young boy. While this is a work of historical fiction it is rooted in fact. At the end of the novel Wolf shares small biographies of the voyagers (Both crew and passengers) and what happened to them.
It is still amazing to me 109 years later how many people died on the ship and how many people were never identified.
MVPs: I still love reading Jamila and Margaret's sections.
Beautifully written with unique narrators. The free verse style adds so much to the story.
A beautiful telling of a tragic story. I would highly recommend it for anyone who likes historical fiction or novels in verse. The characters in this story are based on real people who were aboard the Titanic, which made the story much more sad, but all the more worth reading. The author did a ton of research when writing this book, which is evident throughout. I will revisit this book later in life, I'm sure!
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I picked this up for the YALSA Hub Challenge. I had meant to read it ages ago - it looked interesting. The thing is, I hate reading about the Titanic. I hate watching movies about the Titanic. They make me depressed. I don't know why this subject feels so tedious to me - because it is very interesting. Maybe it was going through high school with girls who tallied up the numerous times they'd gone to see Titanic. I don't know. But even though I told myself that this time, it would be different, I felt that same sort of dread when I started listening. And in the back of my head, as each character and voice was introduced, all I could think was "What're the odds that this person survived?"
This is a good book. It's well-written, the characters are fleshed out, and I enjoyed Wolf's biographies at the end. I hadn't realized that all of these characters (well, leaving out the Ice and the Rat) were real and I loved the tone Wolf used when describing the controversy among Titaniacs over issues like what was the last song played and who was more cowardly. I am also, at the very least by career choice, a big fan of research. And this was researched to the gills. So the detail was amazing. Really, my only hang-up with this was the topic! And despite that, I still enjoyed it. Enjoy is not the right word. I admired the writing, I was compelled by the characters, I got emotional. There's a scene that I think the print version probably doesn't do the writing justice. When the Titanic has sank and the life boats are surrounded by those drowning, freezing, and dying. An earlier poem about promenading the decks is recited over the voices of those in the water. This is gut-wrenching. People are calling out for help, whispering in the boats, crying. And it goes on and on and on. It was hard to even listen to it. Many of the survivors later talk about being haunted by these voices, and you'll understand what they mean.
This is a good book. It's well-written, the characters are fleshed out, and I enjoyed Wolf's biographies at the end. I hadn't realized that all of these characters (well, leaving out the Ice and the Rat) were real and I loved the tone Wolf used when describing the controversy among Titaniacs over issues like what was the last song played and who was more cowardly. I am also, at the very least by career choice, a big fan of research. And this was researched to the gills. So the detail was amazing. Really, my only hang-up with this was the topic! And despite that, I still enjoyed it. Enjoy is not the right word. I admired the writing, I was compelled by the characters, I got emotional. There's a scene that I think the print version probably doesn't do the writing justice. When the Titanic has sank and the life boats are surrounded by those drowning, freezing, and dying. An earlier poem about promenading the decks is recited over the voices of those in the water. This is gut-wrenching. People are calling out for help, whispering in the boats, crying. And it goes on and on and on. It was hard to even listen to it. Many of the survivors later talk about being haunted by these voices, and you'll understand what they mean.
There’s something about tragedy that is compelling. I mean, as humans many of us find it impossible to look away from trainwrecks. We are prone to rubbernecking. I’m not really sure why this is. There’s one tragedy above all others that grabs me every single time and that is the sinking of the Titanic. How much of it is influenced by the James Cameron film which was a surprisingly large part of my formative years, I don’t know. Regardless, I found myself very drawn to The Watch That Ends The Night: Voices From The Titanic by Allan Wolf not only because of how artistically rendered the cover is (truly, it’s eyecatching) but because I am fascinated like many others by the Titanic and the stories of the many human souls aboard.
Read the rest of my review herelink goes live 12/6/12
Read the rest of my review herelink goes live 12/6/12
