Reviews

The Deep: We all know the story of the Titanic . . . don't we? by Alma Katsu

whattamess's review against another edition

2.0

In the beginning, I enjoyed looking up historical facts about the Titanic and Brittanic. One of the most interesting discoveries was about Violet Jessop. She survived the Titanic, Britannic, and Olympic disasters. WOW!! I did not know that! This book was obviously written around that she was given a baby to look after on a lifeboat.



Unfortunately, this story was a bit "over worded" for me. As interesting as it was, I could suffer the everlasting blah blah blah. I DNF at page 275, more than half way through.

catrad's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

fluschita's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

tbretc's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

yagirltasha's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

aparker89's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

bpacker22's review against another edition

2.0

Who knew vengeful ghosts on the titanic could be so dull and disappointing.

clairdicat's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

gingerjenreads's review against another edition

3.0

This book initially drew me in because I found the idea of the supernatural mixed in with the Titanic to be fascinating. However, at times I found the story difficult to keep up with as it jumps from various character perspective and from past and present quite frequently. While, I enjoyed the story, I was a little disappointed with its ending, it felt a little unsatisfying and happened very abruptly.

eriniese's review against another edition

1.0

this is not a horror story, but a telenovela, and a boring one at that. anniebear, kill yourself.

my favorite quote: "Perhaps she was not pregnant with a girl after all, she thought, but a boy. The rush of desire she sometimes felt these past few months was positively masculine." ♡