Iceberg - Likewise Book Reviews

"A decent alternative view to the Titanic story. This is a bit of an investigative piece that has many true elements to it. The fact or fiction piece at end of story shared some interesting info. "

"Finished on 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️"

"I really, REALLY wanted to like this book. I’ve had my eye on it since it released. Nielsen is an extremely talented writer. First, I was hooked on her Ascendance Series, then I read A Night Divided and was astounded with her historical fiction as well. And as many of us did, I sure had my Titanic phase I never quite grew out of. But this was an unfortunate disappointment. <br/><br/>It was so on the nose. The entire time. And so convenient. Our main character talked about nothing but the ship and its ability to sink and how she just knew it was going to hit an iceberg after she did a TON of iceberg research. The whole time, I was thinking, no WAY is a 12-year-old this dedicated, nor do I think she would really think about this as a huge danger. Even if she is a journalist wannabe. I couldn’t stand page after page of her sinking feelings and iceberg studies and ship research.<br/><br/>And the characters were just caricatures. You have the cartoony villains who aren’t really threatening at all, the rich girl who immediately sees poor girl mc and basically says, “You’re gonna be my best friend now,” the poor boy with a sacrificial heart of gold, and the list goes on.<br/><br/>I especially have to talk about boy in question. He sacrificed himself again and again for mc Hazel, who makes reckless decisions all the time. Why would he like her? His job (and his family’s well-being) is constantly at risk. It made no sense to me. And as the book trekked on, his reactions and actions felt very flat and unrealistic.<br/><br/>Overall, I’m sorry I found this book so disappointing. It will certainly not keep me from reading Nielsen’s other books, but this is a sad miss for me."