When I first dove into this story I’ll admit I did it without reading the synopsis. I love reading about shipwrecks, even though the stories are usually quite sad. Once I made it to the 30%-ish mark I realized this wasn’t quite what I bargained for and read the synopsis. I then assumed it would be shipwrecks mixed with personal stories but it ended up being the opposite. More personal, less shipwreck. I think I would have enjoyed it more if that had been what I was expecting. 

Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of shipwreck spoken of in this book and it’s quite informative, but after a while the personal stories began to overshadow this and that wasn’t what I expected. Still recommend, just keep in mind that while there are shipwrecks, that’s not exactly the main idea.