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By Zaz , Mood Minion · 12 posts · 39 views
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I'll give 2.5 stars. I bought this book for my daughter when she was in 4th or 5th grade so that being said, it is mean't for that age, maybe middle school too. To say this to is a book about the Titanic is not entirely true. It's actually about spiritualism. If I were reading this as a child I would have been bored to death and probably given it up. Even as an adult I thought about it because it seemed that the book was really going nowhere in the first 100 pages. Once it finally got going it w
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I had very high hopes for Distant Waves. The sinking of the Titanic is one of those historical event that has always fascinated me. I’m very sad to report that Distant Waves did even come close to living up to my expectations.
The thing that most annoyed me about Distant Waves is that the Titanic doesn’t even make an appearance until 200 pages into the book! The first 200 pages or so instead focus on Janet, her mother, and her four sisters. I found none of these characters to be particularly ende ...more
The thing that most annoyed me about Distant Waves is that the Titanic doesn’t even make an appearance until 200 pages into the book! The first 200 pages or so instead focus on Janet, her mother, and her four sisters. I found none of these characters to be particularly ende ...more
"A Novel of the Titanic" made me think that the majority of the book would be set on the Titanic, but I was mistaken. Only I think three-fourths into the book is the setting on the Titanic. Anyway, the book is about some sisters who live in a town full of fortune-tellers, and two of them want to get away from all that and explore the world.
What I liked about the book was that Nikola Tesla was there. It was pleasantly unexpected and he was portrayed pretty realistically. I learned a lot about wha ...more
What I liked about the book was that Nikola Tesla was there. It was pleasantly unexpected and he was portrayed pretty realistically. I learned a lot about wha ...more
meh
Jan 22, 2013
Michelle Adams
marked it as to-read
Oct 12, 2022
Kme_17
marked it as to-read
