Review: Excess everywhere
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 17, 2013
The premise of a haunted ship, especially one as famous as the Bismarck, is tantalizing.  It's always interesting to read about deep sea diving, and to fantasize about exploring the ships that lie on the ocean floor.  This novel hooked the reader with just such promise, and it was well done to contrast what happened aboard the Bismarck in 1944 with what was happening present day with the diving crew.  It was only about the second half of the book where it spiraled off into madness that it was less believable.  I think that if the author had played the ghostly game more straightforwardly, it would have made a more believable and enjoyable read.  Instead he played upon the idea of "Hitler's curse" until it was beyond any believability.  The story lost the spine-tingling fun of ghostly sightings and manifestations and jumped the shark.  The second half of the book also suffered from proff-reader's lapse with repeated phrases and lack of editing, which also was distracting.