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I’m torn between the tragedy of the pandemic (especially in the early days) and maybe a little eye rolling at one too many light comparisons to the titanic. Also horror at the thought of being a service employee on this ship. In the pool of “people I’d want to be stuck with during world changing, catastrophic events” a cruise ship full of wealthy older adults is pretty close to the bottom of my list.

(Full disclosure: I’ve cruised on the Zaandam twice.)

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3.0

This is not something I would normally pick up, but one of my favorite outreach patrons said it was riveting and I love talking to her about books. It was an interesting story about a lot of people who found themselves in a very bad and (2020's starring word!) UNPRECEDENTED situation locked down on a cruise ship filled with covid. I felt the worst for the crew, who had to work longer and longer shifts doing more and more work as their coworkers dropped like flies. And it was interesting to hear about the complicated finagling required to get more supplies and help to the ship, or anyone off the ship after all. What a clusterf*ck. It was an easy read, written at perhaps a middle school level, that sometimes veered into syrupy territory, but moved quickly and kept my interest.

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