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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
I grew up reading authors like Lyn Andrews, Meg Hutchinson, Josephine Cox - all the kind of authors that write very well, and write for a specific time period. That period is quite often before/during/after World I & II. I bought this book, purely because it was about the Titanic - as depicted on the cover - but got a very similar author to the above. However, it wasn't AS good as the above authors.
It wouldn't be a book I would normally pick up, had it not been about the Titanic. I'd never heard of the author previously, and I doubt I would pick up another one of her books, unless it was from the charity shop. While it was a good read, it could have been trimmed slightly, and she does not really stand out amongst the other authors in that genre.
If you're interested in reading about the Titanic, be prepared to wait a while, as the whole Titanic storyline doesn't kick off until about page 300. However, there is a reasonably good storyline, albeit predictable, up until that point. The characters are good, although it does take a little while to get into who is who and who is married to who. By the end of the book, I still hadn't got one or two of the characters 100% straight in my head.
The Titanic section is very much skimmed over as if the author suddenly had no idea where to go with the storyline. Or maybe she did, but had to fill up the pages somehow. In that case, it's definitely not the best Titanic-based book I've ever read, but in no way it's the worse. The title is lovely, and the cover really grabs your eye. Unfortunately, the author cannot stand out from the crowd. But a good book if you're interested in the time period and can pick it up for cheap.
It wouldn't be a book I would normally pick up, had it not been about the Titanic. I'd never heard of the author previously, and I doubt I would pick up another one of her books, unless it was from the charity shop. While it was a good read, it could have been trimmed slightly, and she does not really stand out amongst the other authors in that genre.
If you're interested in reading about the Titanic, be prepared to wait a while, as the whole Titanic storyline doesn't kick off until about page 300. However, there is a reasonably good storyline, albeit predictable, up until that point. The characters are good, although it does take a little while to get into who is who and who is married to who. By the end of the book, I still hadn't got one or two of the characters 100% straight in my head.
The Titanic section is very much skimmed over as if the author suddenly had no idea where to go with the storyline. Or maybe she did, but had to fill up the pages somehow. In that case, it's definitely not the best Titanic-based book I've ever read, but in no way it's the worse. The title is lovely, and the cover really grabs your eye. Unfortunately, the author cannot stand out from the crowd. But a good book if you're interested in the time period and can pick it up for cheap.