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Surviving Savannah by Patti Callahan

5 reviews

sarahbiegelsen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Car accident, and Classism

Minor: Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Infidelity and Rape

kdailyreads's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Racism, Slavery, Grief, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Alcohol, and War

emileereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 "How will we survive the surviving?" 

I love a book that takes me to a new part of history, and Surviving Savannah certainly does that. The Pulaski was a steamboat designed for a luxury experience for wealthy customers, but when the boiler exploded so many lives were changed forever.

This book follows the journey of 3 women as they experience the wreck. Augusta and Lily as they go down with the ship, and Everly as she pieces together what happened as the ship and the secrets of those aboard are brought back to the surface.

Exploring themes of death, grief, family, and the choices we make in the midst of tragedy, Surviving Savannah will have you contemplating your life and how you are choosing to live. 

The author's note and included facts and resources section also just add to the appreciation of this book as you see all the research that went into it. 

Thank you to Netgalley and Berkley for the free digital review copy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Racism

reading_ladies_blog's review against another edition

emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, Sexual violence, and Slavery