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Luck of the Titanic by Stacey Lee
4.0

I'm just wow

That ending.

Stacey Lee is incredible. The amount of research and detail that must have gone into writing this book amazes me. She made it feel so real, and I learned a lot more about the third-class passengers that were on the Titanic. I didn't realize there were people from so many different nationalities.

Reading this book, you know where things are headed, and it kind of keeps you on edge (in a good way). Honestly, any mention of ice, lifeboats, water in general, had me freaking out. I've seen a couple documentaries about the Titanic, and I've watched that video on youtube of the Titanic sinking (over the course of hours) – that video was pretty much replaying in my head during the last 1/4 of this book – but besides that, I didn't know much else. Stacey Lee really adds so much to this historic event, and even though it is fiction, it feels very much real.

Wait, literally a thought as I’m trying to sleep.
SpoilerThe entire time Jamie is trying to get Val onto a boat and yet he’s the one who ends up getting saved
I’ll just go cry