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peytondani's review against another edition
5.0
EXCELLENT. i’d never call myself a history buff, but i’ve been deeply interested in shipwrecks since i was a kid, which is why i really wanted to read this. so so well written and riveting in its storytelling and it all HAPPENED. the way this was written contextualizes everything incredibly. it makes a lot of dense and interconnected histories and backstories palatable, and really perfectly paints a picture of the absolute magnitude of the lusitania, what it represented, and how it’s birth, death, and legacy are essential to history.
tonynick's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Found it a little too focused on tiny details for the first 75 pages or so, but it started to really pick up after that.
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!
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