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Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh
3.5
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an e-arc in exchange for my honest review.
Unsinkable follows two different characters and timelines. The Violet Jessop one follows a real woman who survived multiple sinking of ships. I loved seeing a fictionalized tale of her story and how and why she continued to go on ships and provide for her family while also doing it for herself as well. I also loved seeing the way she saw the ship in the book and how she felt about certain things that had been happening since the Titanic first took off.
The second character we follow is Daphne Chaundanson and she is a fictional character. I did like her story as well, and seeing the special operations she was a part of during WWII. Having said that though I didn’t enjoy her parts as much as I could have if her story had been its own book or novella.
For me, I love the thought of this book, but it just didn’t end up working for me as much as I hoped it would because of how much of the story wasn’t about the Titanic or the sinking at all. We got about 50/50 of each story, which is okay, just not what I was expecting because when the book was first pitched to me it sounded very Titanic-focused. So as I kept reading and it got less and less about the Titanic the more I started losing interest in it. This is just a personal thing for me, and I know a lot of people will still love this book.
Overall it’s a good story and was well throughout and I did enjoy the ending. I just wish they had been two separate books so we could have gotten more of each of their stories.
Unsinkable follows two different characters and timelines. The Violet Jessop one follows a real woman who survived multiple sinking of ships. I loved seeing a fictionalized tale of her story and how and why she continued to go on ships and provide for her family while also doing it for herself as well. I also loved seeing the way she saw the ship in the book and how she felt about certain things that had been happening since the Titanic first took off.
The second character we follow is Daphne Chaundanson and she is a fictional character. I did like her story as well, and seeing the special operations she was a part of during WWII. Having said that though I didn’t enjoy her parts as much as I could have if her story had been its own book or novella.
For me, I love the thought of this book, but it just didn’t end up working for me as much as I hoped it would because of how much of the story wasn’t about the Titanic or the sinking at all. We got about 50/50 of each story, which is okay, just not what I was expecting because when the book was first pitched to me it sounded very Titanic-focused. So as I kept reading and it got less and less about the Titanic the more I started losing interest in it. This is just a personal thing for me, and I know a lot of people will still love this book.
Overall it’s a good story and was well throughout and I did enjoy the ending. I just wish they had been two separate books so we could have gotten more of each of their stories.