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Verse Novel: I have never been a fan of poetry, or verse novels. It is the one aspect of writing that never enthralled me, it never kept me wanting to read more. I think I have a mind block when I see verse novels and the lines do not take up the page, I focus too much on the spacing and how it flows to the next line that it messes up the connection I have with the book. So this book was a struggle for me to say the least. With that being said, I admire Allan Wolf. I admit that I love the histor
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Allan Wolf's portrayal of 24 different characters in, "The Watch That Ends the Night Voices from the Titanic," is such a powerful novel delivering the emotions of every aspect of the Titanic. The novel, written all in verse, gives the perspective of the RMS Titanic from the rats, to the shipbuilder himself. For a story that everyone already knows the ending too, Wolf does a wonderful job at retelling it, and letting the reader emerge themselves in to the Titanic as if they were these characters
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I enjoyed this book, particularly the ominous perspective of the iceberg. Allan Wolf managed to present the Titanic in a whole new light. Before reading this, my view of the Titanic was simply the movies, board game and minor mentions of it in school. Before this book, I couldn't feel any real connection to the situation. I really enjoy books that switch between character viewpoints, I think that sometimes myself and others fall into a "tunnel vision" viewpoint of following either the main chara
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Allan Wolf is a genius. I was wondering how I would remain engaged while reading this book because, of course, you know how it's going to end. I think what made this book so attention-grabbing was the mix of characters. I loved that I got to hear from every class, every gender, every age, and even non-human characters. I felt invested in the life of every voice, and I kept wondering who was going to survive. I was honestly surprised that so many of the characters survived, but then I realized th
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Being a verse novel, this book took some getting used to. At first I found it very difficult to create a rhythm while reading, and the large amount of perspectives made it difficult to follow along as well. But a little after half way through, I became used to the format and got a grasp on which characters were which. Upon completing the book, I found it hard to imagine the book in any other format. Being a verse novel allowed the author to provide a vast amount of information on many characters
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I love lyrical books so I was really excited to read this book, especially because it was about the Titanic. It was really interesting to see all 25 different voices tell what they were seeing and experiencing. It was cool to see all 25 different voices but it was also too much, I think a lot of the voices could have been cut from the story. It was hard to remember each person’s different stories and what was going on in their lives. However, it did show the differences between the three classes
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This was the first verse novel I had ever attempted to read, and chose it because of the interesting historical plot(if that's what you could call it). The book is told through the viewpoint of 24 different characters, each from a different background or lifestyle (even and iceberg and a rat). I found many of the characters stories interesting, but felt that the verse style of writing could not keep me as engaged as other regular novels. That being said, however, many of the styles of writing (s
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The character notes in the back gave me an entire new level of appreciation for the book, especially since the section was placed at the end of of the book. I had no idea that there was actual historical evidence supporting the story lines created and played out in this book. That being said, I have a deeper understanding of the journey's (both personal and physical) taken by the passengers on this ship. The verse format made it a really quick and easy read (despite the books length, over 460 pa
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I loved the verse format. I really liked Jamila. It was well researched and powerful look at the Titanic.
