Reviews

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson

wolfytheblack's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

kerickertful's review against another edition

informative

4.0

martmann47's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.5

jobustitch's review against another edition

5.0

Listened to the audiobook.

Wonderful history of the Lusitania and it's role in American involvement in WWI. The story never lagged and there was plenty of detail to keep me interested throughout the whole book. Great read!

angus_mckeogh's review against another edition

4.0

Larson seems to write with a type of nonfiction formula. The first part of the book is background story and sometimes is a little slow and dull; thereafter, he writes about the event which the book centers around, and that section has the potential to be extremely interesting. This book followed that formula perfectly; the last third of the book finished strong and made this a really good read.

caardel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

dwarvenwarden's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

ifeanart's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

readingrod2023's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

missyjohnson's review against another edition

3.0

not one of my favorite Erik Larson books but still a good read. Interesting take on President Wilson and Edith Galt. Who said that the private life of someone does not affect their ability to do their professional life job? I appreciate the research that Larson conducts for his books.