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justmys's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
A booktuber recommended this as one of her 5-star reads in a yearly wrap-up and I thought, "eh, what the hell, let's see what it's like." And...whoa boy.
An incredible account of a moment in history that defied all of the odds.
The way this was retold, the pacing and staging for the events that happened, were done with such care to tell the story right that quite often I forgot that this wasn't a work of fiction.
Because how could these men have survived what they did? And yet.
I described to a friend that reading this book felt, at times, like I was watching a movie. I was so emotionally invested at times and so deep in following the visual descriptions of what was happening that I often lost hours to this book.
Cannot recommend this book enough, and I'm so glad I gave it a shot.
An incredible account of a moment in history that defied all of the odds.
The way this was retold, the pacing and staging for the events that happened, were done with such care to tell the story right that quite often I forgot that this wasn't a work of fiction.
Because how could these men have survived what they did? And yet.
I described to a friend that reading this book felt, at times, like I was watching a movie. I was so emotionally invested at times and so deep in following the visual descriptions of what was happening that I often lost hours to this book.
Cannot recommend this book enough, and I'm so glad I gave it a shot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, and Animal death
Minor: Racism and Racial slurs
dogsbooksandpizza's review against another edition
I love the subject matter, but I just couldn’t stay focused. More in a fiction mood right now.
paigewhiteside's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
slow-paced
3.0
Interesting, informative, but also kind of slow and boring. A little toooo much detail if you ask me
dogsbooksandpizza's review against another edition
Switched to audiobook because it was hard to focus while reading ebook, figured it was one I’d prefer to listen to.
countofpoictesme's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
justin92's review against another edition
4.0
I thought the story was really good. I know it's a real event but towards the end I began to really wish Fate would have cut them a break at least once. I also have factored in my ability to deal with what they dealt with and feel confident that I could have held out as long as to the second page, after that I would have died of something. Not sure if it would have been hypothermia or falling off the ship.
Sick of fictional superheroes? Give this book read. These sailors were amazing and went through true hell.
Sick of fictional superheroes? Give this book read. These sailors were amazing and went through true hell.