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heather_boo's review against another edition
4.0
The facts about the sinking of the most famous ship are shared in a way which vividly displays what happened the incredible night the Titanic went down. Between stoic disregard, blind denial, and abject pandemonium the reactions were as varied as the passengers themselves. Walter Lord tells the story of that fateful night through both the individuals who lived to tell about it, and the many who did not.
rowanbooker's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
kellyrenea's review against another edition
5.0
classic
Great minute by minute recounting of the story we have all heard numerous times, yet Lord manages to make it read like a fresh recounting with new information I did not know.
Great minute by minute recounting of the story we have all heard numerous times, yet Lord manages to make it read like a fresh recounting with new information I did not know.
hckilgour's review against another edition
2.5
Informational? Yes. Thorough? Painful so. Written in a way that makes it easy and fun to read? No.
So there is no doubting this book has as much of the facts as possible. The living survivors were interviewed for this book. And I’m sure the disaster has a lot of moving parts.
But for the love of god, the way this book was written made it so hard to read. Instead of following one thread, like the captain, or the crew filling the life boats, or the passengers, all details for all stories were told at once. So it jumped from what the captain was doing, to the men in the engine room, to the passengers (multiple povs) within sentences.
I didn’t know who anyone was because so many names were thrown at there in the spaces of 30 seconds. I couldn’t follow any one passengers story of events because I was given a snippet at a time.
Still… information. Just a bear to slog through.
So there is no doubting this book has as much of the facts as possible. The living survivors were interviewed for this book. And I’m sure the disaster has a lot of moving parts.
But for the love of god, the way this book was written made it so hard to read. Instead of following one thread, like the captain, or the crew filling the life boats, or the passengers, all details for all stories were told at once. So it jumped from what the captain was doing, to the men in the engine room, to the passengers (multiple povs) within sentences.
I didn’t know who anyone was because so many names were thrown at there in the spaces of 30 seconds. I couldn’t follow any one passengers story of events because I was given a snippet at a time.
Still… information. Just a bear to slog through.
mellomorissa's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
kparlier's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
5.0
debstubb's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0