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| Title | : | Distant Waves |
| Author | : | Suzanne Weyn |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 330 pages |
| Published | : | April 15th 2009 by Scholastic Press |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Romance |
Suzanne Weyn
Hardcover | Pages: 330 pages Rating: 3.73 | 5462 Users | 826 Reviews
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From the author of REINCARNATION, another historical, supernatural romance, this time focusing on five sisters whose lives are intertwined with the sinking of the Titanic.Science, spiritualism, history, and romance intertwine in Suzanne Weyn's newest novel. Four sisters and their mother make their way from a spiritualist town in New York to London, becoming acquainted with journalist W. T. Stead, scientist Nikola Tesla, and industrialist John Jacob Astor. When they all find themselves on the Titanic, one of Tesla's inventions dooms them...and one could save them.
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| Original Title: | Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic |
| ISBN: | 0545085721 (ISBN13: 9780545085724) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.73 From 5462 Users | 826 ReviewsJudgment Out Of Books Distant Waves
I saw the cover and the tagline of this book and immediately wanted to pick it up. Whilst I haven't read all that much, I have really enjoyed the historical fiction that I have read. The tagline of this book tells us that it's a novel of the Titanic, and so I though that would certainly capture my interest. In fact, the book only partly (and quite briefly) takes part on the Titanic. This didn't actually bother me at all as I did enjoy the rest of the setting of the novel, primarily in a placeFirst off, I'm just going to say that the title is VERY MISLEADING! If you are thinking about picking up this book to enjoy a story that takes place on the Titanic, you will be dissapointed. The Titanic does not come into the story until the last hundred or so pages and by then, the story is nearly over. Now, after I got over being upset with the book because of the lack of involvement with the Titanic, I realized that I actually enjoyed Distant Waves. It turned out to be a very interesting
What do you get when you cross stories of love, science, heroism, mediums, and the worst martine tradgety of all time--the story of the "Titanic"?You get "Distant Waves"."Distant Waves" is quite unlike anything I've read before. Sure, I've heard the story of the "Titanic" many times--but this book focuses on more than just the tradgedy. The book is narrated by the main character Jane, a young, aspiring journalist who had survived the "Titanic" two years before. Her mother and twin sisters are
I say this with complete sincerity: This is the worst book I've ever read.If I had written this review last night after finishing it, I'd already be on my 11th curseword. But I've had time to calm down. So let's calmly(ish) discuss why this book sucks so hard.It has no plot.It's a jumbled mess of failed messages, kind of like it wanted to say everything but ended up saying nothing at all.It's a big fat lie.As for the lack of plot:Well, it has no plot. There are some people. They do stuff. Nikola
This cover was beautiful. I also wanted to read it because the synopsis mentioned the Titanic.. and then I was thinking about Rose and Jack.. and then I pretty much was sold on this book.Distant Waves was a pretty good and interesting book. Especially any book that mentions anything about the Titanic. Please hold, I'm currently swooning at Jack right now in my mind. Now in this book, four sisters and their mother go from New York to London. They meet with some famous people - read the synopsis
what a letdown. take a lot of really, super-fascinating historical subjects (the titanic, spirtualism, tesla) and write an utterly uncompelling book about them. what a feat! seriously, i had such high hopes and i was admittedly beguiled by the pretty cover. but it's such a not-great book. totally bloodless and by-the-numbers characterization and wooden and no soul and utter mish-mash, with an ending that is just laughable (spoiler: it's tesla's fault the titanic sank! luckily, the people our
Jane and her sisters have lived in Spirit Dale most of their lives, with their mother who makes a living as a psychic. While Mimi and Blythe believe their mother is a fraud, twins Emma and Amelie seem to have some psychic powers of their own. Jane isn't sure what to believe. Through the years Jane meets a number of famous people, including the inventor Tesla (she falls in love with his assistant, Thad), and during a visit to London for a psychic conference, she meets skeptic-turned-believer Sir
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