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A review by sducharme
Titanic #1: Unsinkable by Gordon Korman
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