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JLee22
JLee22 rated it 9 years ago
Churchill was a magnificent bastard. Wilson seems emotionally manipulative, but maybe just a product of his time, in regards to the woman he dated and married after his wife's passing. Also to America, seems to have been the precedent for that pesky "good" reason for the country to enter into war ...
Blondie and Read
Blondie and Read rated it 9 years ago
I'm torn with this book. There were times when I thought: Wow, this is amazing. So much detail. So much research went into this book. And then there were times when I thought: Ok, are we done yet. This is starting to get boring. Did the ship sink yet? Ok, the ship sunk, is the book done yet?I just d...
Hooked on Books
Hooked on Books rated it 10 years ago
Dead Wake is the tragic tale of the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine on May 7, 1915. Larson does a great job of setting the scene of the war and giving you the back story on some of the passengers and crew. I really felt like I had a front row seat and could picture what was happening ...
By Singing Light
By Singing Light rated it 10 years ago
An account of the sinking of the Lusitania. Larson tells the narrative very well, and clearly had a lot of research behind his writing. I have to say, though, that at least for me, I didn’t find the story as heartbreaking as I should have and I think was meant to.
Heidi's Books
Heidi's Books rated it 10 years ago
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 10 years ago
I swear the next person who asks me while do you read something when you know how it ends is going to get smacked. Seriously, it’s pissing me off. And why is it an okay question to ask about books but not about movies? Larson’s book is about the Lusitania. You know that ship, and...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
If I hadn't had to read this for a book club I would not have finished it -- there's nothing really bad or wrong about it: Larson writes in an engaging style and all the facts have facts, it's so well-researched. I felt like it was drawing the story out sooooo much. The torpedoing (spoiler alert) do...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
If I hadn't had to read this for a book club I would not have finished it -- there's nothing really bad or wrong about it: Larson writes in an engaging style and all the facts have facts, it's so well-researched. I felt like it was drawing the story out sooooo much. The torpedoing (spoiler alert) do...
Dispatches from Terabithia
Dispatches from Terabithia rated it 10 years ago
Larson’s narrative style applied to the sinking of the Lusitania and how it brought America into WWI. Loved it. Always love Larson’s stuff. He’s on auto-buy for forever.
Cushla
Cushla rated it 10 years ago
On 1 May 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool. The passengers - including a record number of children and infants - were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, its submarine...
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