Rating: ★★★☆
Genre: Historical/Supernatural
Format: eBook
Pages: 431
Read: 06/21/22
Amazon Synopsis:
From the acclaimed and award-winning author of The Hunger comes an eerie, psychological twist on one of the world's most renowned tragedies, the sinking of the Titanic and the ill-fated sail of its sister ship, the Britannic.
Someone, or something, is haunting the ship. Between mysterious disappearances and sudden deaths, the guests of the Titanic have found themselves suspended in an eerie, unsettling twilight zone from the moment they set sail. Several of them, including maid Annie Hebley, guest Mark Fletcher, and millionaires Madeleine Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, are convinced there's something sinister--almost otherwordly--afoot. But before they can locate the source of the danger, as the world knows, disaster strikes.
Years later, Annie, having survived that fateful night, has attempted to put her life back together. Working as a nurse on the sixth voyage of the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic, newly refitted as a hospital ship, she happens across an unconscious Mark, now a soldier fighting in World War I. At first, Annie is thrilled and relieved to learn that he too survived the sinking, but soon, Mark's presence awakens deep-buried feelings and secrets, forcing her to reckon with the demons of her past--as they both discover that the terror may not yet be over.
Brilliantly combining the supernatural with the height of historical disaster, The Deep is an exploration of love and destiny, desire and innocence, and, above all, a quest to understand how our choices can lead us inexorably toward our doom.
Review:
"We are all, men and women, creatures of desires both good and bad. But everything has a price, and the price of indulging in that which is bad for us is often guilt; and too much guilt results in a sickness of the mind. We have poisoned our conscience, and something poisoned will need treatment one day—or it will rot."
With a large cast of characters that have a vast amount of diversity from upper class(persnicketies and scandalous), lower class(a bit of shenanigans going on), staff(must meet the demands of all the passengers and try to stay a bit unseen in the process), and many others besides, I felt that each and every one of them were represented clearly and accurately considering the setting is aboard the Titanic in the year, 1912 and the Britanic in the year, 1916.
The historical facts were on par and clearly researched, although maybe a bit too much of that was included, almost identically to a certain degree when describing events that occurred during the sinking of the Titanic, but obviously intended as to maybe not detract too far away from the facts of the sinking.
I very much enjoyed the speculative historical fiction, characters, and the mystery that was hidden until the ending, but I honestly did not quite connect with the supernatural elements. There really is not anything scary about the haunting that is occuring, what I found to be more unsettling is the overall human character and their mentalities.
There is much to be pondered upon with some of the very beautiful, heartfelt prose. Very descriptive imagery that floats the reader out to sea, experiencing the trauma and unfortunate events.
Goodreads Author Page:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/
Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.com/Alma-Katsu/
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