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A review by debyik
The Night Crossing by Robert Masello
4.0
This book combines Egyptian curses, Bram Stoker, and the Titanic. The historical aspect of the time period was accurate and done really well, although there was some liberty taken with the historical accuracy of some of the characters at times. That didn’t really bother me too much though as I knew it was fiction and there has to be some liberty taken here and there as you never really know the day-to-day of someone’s life when they lived back in the 1800s.
We are following a few different main characters, Bram Stoker, Mina Harcourt, Lucinda, and the Thornes. Mina is the daughter of an archeologist and a gypsy and she is an intrepid explorer who is searching for a Sphinx in Transylvania. While there she finds a mysterious box that has Egyptian origins. From there we follow Bram who works at the Lyceum Theatre where Henry Irving performs. On his way home he sees Lucinda, a young girl on a bridge and they eventually become friends. Lucinda lives and works at The Thorne’s mission house making matches.
The story concludes with the Titanic. It was interesting how he worked that into the story, but I feel it was unnecessary and that’s where some of the historical accuracies fell apart for me as Bram Stoker was never on the Titanic. There are many other ways the story could’ve ended and I understand him wanting to include something so big that happened during that time period, but I still wasn’t sold on it.
Overall I enjoy Robert Masello’s writing and getting to know some great periods of history, albeit from a fiction standpoint. I also really enjoyed The Haunting of H.G. Wells by Robert Masello.
7.86 on CAWPILE
We are following a few different main characters, Bram Stoker, Mina Harcourt, Lucinda, and the Thornes. Mina is the daughter of an archeologist and a gypsy and she is an intrepid explorer who is searching for a Sphinx in Transylvania. While there she finds a mysterious box that has Egyptian origins. From there we follow Bram who works at the Lyceum Theatre where Henry Irving performs. On his way home he sees Lucinda, a young girl on a bridge and they eventually become friends. Lucinda lives and works at The Thorne’s mission house making matches.
The story concludes with the Titanic. It was interesting how he worked that into the story, but I feel it was unnecessary and that’s where some of the historical accuracies fell apart for me as Bram Stoker was never on the Titanic. There are many other ways the story could’ve ended and I understand him wanting to include something so big that happened during that time period, but I still wasn’t sold on it.
Overall I enjoy Robert Masello’s writing and getting to know some great periods of history, albeit from a fiction standpoint. I also really enjoyed The Haunting of H.G. Wells by Robert Masello.
7.86 on CAWPILE