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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
The sinking of the steamship Pulaski in 1838. Of course I had never heard of this event off the shores of the east coast. What a story… of the will to live and how a traumatic event can change lives for the good…or bad.
DNF @ page 140. It just dragged on and on. The flashbacks just didn’t work for me on this one. I found myself just wanting the disaster storyline. The main character was meh.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wonderfully written
Great two-timeline story of a tragedy in the past and one in the present. The characters came alive in the writing!
Great two-timeline story of a tragedy in the past and one in the present. The characters came alive in the writing!
Amazing
I was a little hesitant to read this book...So many wonderful reviews but I didn't want to be let down. I was not disappointed in the least! Just an amazing beautiful sad story. And based on factual event! who knew?! I really want to go to Savannah now!!
I was a little hesitant to read this book...So many wonderful reviews but I didn't want to be let down. I was not disappointed in the least! Just an amazing beautiful sad story. And based on factual event! who knew?! I really want to go to Savannah now!!
Very enjoyable! A suspenseful plot line that held my attention.
This was a historical fiction book that moved between the past and the present. I loved the two threads of this story. The sinking of the Pulaski is not a story I had heard of which is shocking as someone who has spent a lot of time in Savannah. That part of the book was so realistic and it was hard sometimes to move on to Everly's POV when I wanted to know what happened next.
Well, I'm in the minority on this book, clearly. More and more, I find myself disliking dual timeline historical fiction. Most of the time, the modern story is far less interesting and compelling to me, and in this book, that was certainly the case. The story is told in alternating chapters from the viewpoints of 3 characters - Lily and Augusta, who were on the Pulaski, and Everly, who is wallowing in grief over the death of a dear friend and is arranging a museum exhibit about the Pulaski. I picked the book up to learn more about the shipwreck and its victims, but most of the book seemed to be about Everly, who became more and more irritating as the story progressed. At first, I began sighing when I got to an Everly chapter; then I was annoyed when I got to an Everly chapter, and toward the end I was using bad words when I got to Everly's chapters. The writing was okay, but the characters were awfully one-dimensional. Part of the point of the book was that surviving a terrible event doesn't automatically make one a better, more noble person; in fact, one of the characters (Augusta's nephew) goes on to become a terrible person. I would have liked to have seen more character development for him, to help explain why. Unfortunately, Lily, Augusta, and Everly were all very good, and substantially less interesting.