Review: Predictable
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2012
More of a 2.5 star book.  When I said predictable in my title I wasn't referring to the ship sinking---if that is news to anyone I apologize for not giving a Spoiler Alert. :) It was more along the lines of predictable for a romance novel.  The ending itself was pretty abrupt and disappointing. The Titanic sinking portion was a pretty small portion of this book and read like most accounts from the survivors.  Like the movie there were the "will they make it off" moments brought on by the mad dash on a totally silly mission as the ship is sinking.There were no real editing errors to detract from the reading, which was a plus.  I did find some historical inaccuracies that were a bit distracting.  And Beth's constant preoccupation with the class differences and chances to be successful that could only be found in America got old very quickly.  Richard came from nothing in America and yet in England managed to marry a peer's relative.  The Women's Suffrage movement was alive and well in England; class distinctions in New York were were often as strong or stronger than in England.  Money talked on both sides of the Atlantic.  Like I said, Beth's preoccupation with "birth status" was annoying, especially after Richard told of his own humble beginnings.  I wanted to just tell her to get over herself.I got this book when it was free for Kindle.  I would not have been happy to have paid for it.  For a free book it was okay.