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sducharme's review against another edition
3.0
The ship won't be going down by the end of the story, and you have to continue the series to find out the names of the four survivors who are introduced in the prologue. Still, there's a satisfying story within the familiar Titanic drama.
We meet the main characters - teens of varying social status each with his or her own "issues" - and see how they end up entwined as passengers on the ship. Since this is the bulk of the story, it feels light on plot, but IF one chooses to read volumes 2 and 3 the character development may be worth it.
Once they meet each other and begin to connect, a short conflict arises that concludes at the end of the volume. This gives a sense of an ending even though you feel you have to read the next book to get to the most interesting part: the sinking!
To refresh my memory in book talks:
Julia - daughter of an earl; snobby
Sophia - daughter of a suffragette and embarrassed by her mother's histrionics
Alfie - son of one of the fire stokers, stowed away on the ship to be near his father
Paddy - a stowaway who ended up on the ship by accident in a scuffle with some gangsters.
Danny - Paddy's friend, not on board
We meet the main characters - teens of varying social status each with his or her own "issues" - and see how they end up entwined as passengers on the ship. Since this is the bulk of the story, it feels light on plot, but IF one chooses to read volumes 2 and 3 the character development may be worth it.
Once they meet each other and begin to connect, a short conflict arises that concludes at the end of the volume. This gives a sense of an ending even though you feel you have to read the next book to get to the most interesting part: the sinking!
To refresh my memory in book talks:
Julia - daughter of an earl; snobby
Sophia - daughter of a suffragette and embarrassed by her mother's histrionics
Alfie - son of one of the fire stokers, stowed away on the ship to be near his father
Paddy - a stowaway who ended up on the ship by accident in a scuffle with some gangsters.
Danny - Paddy's friend, not on board
kilbmc's review against another edition
3.0
A little slow for my seven year old. We were reading it aloud since it's a little above what he can read independently and it's a lot of exposition for the other books. We slogged through it to get to the next one. The writing is lovely, though.
bak8382's review
3.0
It's the eve of the maiden voyage of the Titanic, and the four passengers who are drawn together during the voyage couldn't be more different. Paddy is stowing away to escape ruthless killers, Alfie is an underage steward who just wants to travel with his father, Sophie is supposed to be keeping her suffragette mother out of trouble, and Julianna is trying to keep her adventurous father under control. Yet it's only the beginning for those on this doomed voyage. . .
There's plenty of action and adventure plus exciting cliffhangers and the Titanic hasn't even hit the ice yet. Can't wait to see what [b:Titanic, Book 2: Collision Course|9641078|Titanic, Book 2 Collision Course|Gordon Korman|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VQ6xCQJkL._SL75_.jpg|14528505] has in store.
There's plenty of action and adventure plus exciting cliffhangers and the Titanic hasn't even hit the ice yet. Can't wait to see what [b:Titanic, Book 2: Collision Course|9641078|Titanic, Book 2 Collision Course|Gordon Korman|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VQ6xCQJkL._SL75_.jpg|14528505] has in store.
carlajo713's review against another edition
4.0
This was another read for my homebound student. I dare say I enjoyed reading all three books in the series. It made me realize I don't know about the Titanic and should probably some non fiction titles about it! A very quick read, but enjoyable.
savannahl09's review against another edition
It was too boring for me and hard too get in to.
elizakay's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
imzadirose's review against another edition
4.0
Short but very enjoyable. Good young characters with action and mystery aboard the Titanic.
trixie_reads's review against another edition
4.0
I was listening to the audiobook version of this, and I was a bit thrown at first by the narrator, who is the same guy who narrates Anne Perry's novels. After I got over that, I enjoyed the book. I'm not sure why the story was broken up into three parts, unless the author thought the size of the book would be intimidating to the kids it's written form.
hopebrockway's review against another edition
3.0
I remember loving this trilogy in middle school. And, after remembering its existence at 11 pm one night, I decided I would reread it and see what happens. I'm not quite sure why I have this obsession with rereading books I loved in middle school--when my tastes were very different--but here I am.
Let me start by saying that I completely understand why I was a bit obsessed with this series. It focuses on the Titanic, which I was fascinated by. It also has quite a bit of action for a short book. We get chase scenes, investigative sub-plots (about Jack the Ripper of all people??), people in disguise, and orphans (whose stories I consistently love). My 12-year-old self loved all of this.
I'm not quite sure I loved it this time around. It was quite a bit different than I remembered but, considering I hadn't revisited this since I was roughly 12, it's understandable. I remembered it being a bit . . . more? But again, I haven't read it in years. I vaguely remembered some things but, generally, I went in blind.
I have a few critiques. The first is the number of POVs. There are four, which I found a bit unnecessary. And I kind of get it, you want to try to see all the populations on the Titanic. Four POVs allow you to do that. But I still felt that at least two of the POVs were unnecessary. They added almost nothing to the plot and I was a bit annoyed that the POVs switched all the time. But, from what I remember, as the story progresses the four POVs become a bit more important. Still, though, I think we could have done some condensing.
Another critique was the length. I kind of feel like the trilogy could have been condensed into one book instead of stringing it out over three. Again, I haven't read the other two in years and I have no intention of revisiting them so I may be entirely incorrect.
All in all, it was fun revisiting the story and I kind of had excellent taste in middle school, if I do say so myself. I can probably trace my love of the Titanic back to this story. I would recommend this book to those adventure-loving people who are significantly younger than me.
Let me start by saying that I completely understand why I was a bit obsessed with this series. It focuses on the Titanic, which I was fascinated by. It also has quite a bit of action for a short book. We get chase scenes, investigative sub-plots (about Jack the Ripper of all people??), people in disguise, and orphans (whose stories I consistently love). My 12-year-old self loved all of this.
I'm not quite sure I loved it this time around. It was quite a bit different than I remembered but, considering I hadn't revisited this since I was roughly 12, it's understandable. I remembered it being a bit . . . more? But again, I haven't read it in years. I vaguely remembered some things but, generally, I went in blind.
I have a few critiques. The first is the number of POVs. There are four, which I found a bit unnecessary. And I kind of get it, you want to try to see all the populations on the Titanic. Four POVs allow you to do that. But I still felt that at least two of the POVs were unnecessary. They added almost nothing to the plot and I was a bit annoyed that the POVs switched all the time. But, from what I remember, as the story progresses the four POVs become a bit more important. Still, though, I think we could have done some condensing.
Another critique was the length. I kind of feel like the trilogy could have been condensed into one book instead of stringing it out over three. Again, I haven't read the other two in years and I have no intention of revisiting them so I may be entirely incorrect.
All in all, it was fun revisiting the story and I kind of had excellent taste in middle school, if I do say so myself. I can probably trace my love of the Titanic back to this story. I would recommend this book to those adventure-loving people who are significantly younger than me.