Reviews tagging 'War'

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

9 reviews

elg1105's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Death

kier__'s review

adventurous dark emotional informative fast-paced

3.5

I think I’m too stupid for this kind of book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Death, Child death, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Violence, Alcohol, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

crankyfacedknitter's review

emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and War

Moderate: Child death

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Violence, War, and Child death

Minor: Racial slurs

unraveltapededgy's review

dark informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Death, Child death, Body horror, and War

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicide

angelfireeast24's review

emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, War, Child death, and Grief

I found this book had a lot of good information but I hated the romantic subplot with Woodrow.

greyeyedathena's review against another edition

informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Very good narrative telling of the sinking of the Lusitania. I learned a lot and was genuinely nervous about what was going to happen at certain points.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent, War, and Child death

robinsharma's review against another edition

sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death and Child death

a_reader_of_book's review

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

As as avid Erik Larson fan, I was happy to read another one of his works of narrative nonfiction. I did not know much about the Lusitania going into this book, so I had a lot to learn from Larson. His writing style pairing first-hand accounts, letters, etc. with the strictly fact-based descriptions adds emotion, personality, and humanity to historical events, especially something so significant with such great impact. I enjoyed the sections on Captain Turner quite a lot. He had a very compelling story, and I think he handled himself quite honorably, especially considering the aftermath of the sinking and the personal attacks against him. I also did not know much about early submarines, so I found Larson's insights on the conditions within them very interesting. There are a lot of people included in this book, both significant on a global scale and average joes, highlighting how acts of war impact a wide range of people both with and without power. Overall, I was pleased with Larson's work, and I learned a lot, which is exactly what I'd expect from him. I would still rank "The Devil in the White City" as my favorite book by Larson, but I did have a good reading experience with this one. Now I just have to go learn the rules of whist to really connect to those who sailed on the Lusitania.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death