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Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance
Jul 31, 2009 rated it liked it
Shelves: adventure
Boy, I don't know how to rate this one.

At first, I loved it. Then about a chapter into it, I realized this book is
neither history or historical fiction. I suddenly became very irritated with
it. I vowed to plug on.

I unexpectedly got quite caught up in the story (who will survive? who will
marry?) and followed it to the very end.

This author writes well. She tells a nice story.

But in the end, I didn't really care about the characters (oh, well, he
perished in the ice...)

This book reminds me of the wa
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Lara
Mar 05, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Terri FL
Sep 05, 2008 added it
Shelves: read2003
Phoebe
Dec 18, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: at-sea, u-s
Cheryl Scaccio
Mar 25, 2012 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: novel, nba
Ginger
Feb 12, 2014 marked it as to-read
Jenifer
Nov 18, 2014 marked it as to-read
Dana Arbelaez
Jun 29, 2017 marked it as to-read
Katie
Aug 23, 2017 marked it as to-read
Jocelyn
Jun 23, 2018 marked it as to-read
Martha
Aug 16, 2019 marked it as to-read
Shelves: owned-tbr-books
Michelle
Jun 18, 2021 marked it as to-read