Friday, November 15, 2019

The Deep by Alma Katsu

This book was given to me by the publisher via edelweiss  for an honest review. This review also appears in Goodreads (feel free to follow me there, thathorrorchick, to read reviews I do not post on here). Review contains spoilers.


I was extremely excited to be able to read this. Historical fiction is one of my favorites. The amount of research that has to go into it is  crazy. Alma definitely showed that she put in the work in regards to the research.

You follow Annie on both the Titanic and Britannic. If you know the history, you know what happened to both ships. It appears Annie is not so lucky. The book switches back and forth between the timelines on both ships. However, the timeline on the Titanic sets the story for this book. After a tragic death and seamce, something feels off on the ship. Like it's being haunted. Annie seems to sense something is wrong, especially with a couple and their baby. You find out the extent of it towards the end. Nonstick with it.

The book is a bit slow paced at.times. It does start to get a bit faster paced towards the end, and the Britannic parts seem to give that feeling of uneasiness I was looking for. I was also a bit comfused, but it does get explained thoroughly towards the end, and I appreciate that. The author knows how to paint a good picture of the story. Son you can envision the ships and characters in your head. Overall, I enjoyed this book and was happy I got the opportunity to read it.