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Lifeboat No. 8: An Untold Tale Of Love, Loss, And Surviving The Titanic (2012)

by Elizabeth Kaye(Favorite Author)

3.04 of 5 Votes: 6

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Byliner Inc.

review 1: I remember watching the Titanic in theatres and being on the edge of my seat. Reading this book I kept throwing my Kindle down and yelling stuff like "25 PEOPLE? THEY COULD HAVE FIT 65!!!" or "THEY ONLY HAD A QUARTER OF THE LIFEBOATS! WHYYYYY?". I wish there had been more to this story, it was a little bare bones, so I think I want to find a longer more in depth book to read, because this is one of those disasters I can't stop watching (err, reading).
review 2: Well written and detailed account of one of the most famous ship disasters in history. Written from the point of view of the survivors in one lifeboat, it is a scary account that humanizes the wreck though the eyes of the people in the middle of it. It read almost as though they were being interviewed by... more the author. Kaye captures all the horror, devastation, and despair as people's lives were forever changed. After living through 911, I feel she evokes that instant when one realizes the perception of one's life has changed forever. She chillingly relates man's folly, that in his pomposity, he has dared nature with his overconfidence, to be slammed into reality that we are no better or worse that any other species sharing this planet for as long as nature permits. less

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