My thoughts
The narrators did a great job with this book. They each kept their part perfect.
While I did enjoy the narrators the actual story was just not for me. I usually love this type of book but this one seems more Christian fiction and I just don’t like that genre.
The author wrote a good story. Kept their two timelines at a good pace and made each character feel realistic. I can’t find any fault with her writing at all. It’s just me. I didn’t enjoy this one near as much as I thought I would.
If you like historical and Christian fiction based on real events, then you will love this one.
Thank you to the publisher, the author, and uplit books for the arcs.
3 stars.
While I did enjoy the narrators the actual story was just not for me. I usually love this type of book but this one seems more Christian fiction and I just don’t like that genre.
The author wrote a good story. Kept their two timelines at a good pace and made each character feel realistic. I can’t find any fault with her writing at all. It’s just me. I didn’t enjoy this one near as much as I thought I would.
If you like historical and Christian fiction based on real events, then you will love this one.
Thank you to the publisher, the author, and uplit books for the arcs.
3 stars.
About
A woman searching for answers in her own life finds them--and much more--in the wreckage and haunting stories of one of the most infamous maritime disasters in history.
Shortly before Christmas in 2018, Tess McCarthy, after years as a hard-working English teacher who never did anything out of the ordinary, flies to Western Australia's remote Abrolhos Islands. She is in search of answers--both to the infamous Batavia shipwreck and her personal family crises.
Amsterdam, 1628. Saskia, an orphaned young Dutchwoman, boards Batavia with relatives, bound for a new and potentially dangerous life in the East Indies--only for her world to first collide with Aris Jansz, the ship's taciturn under surgeon.
Tess, Saskia, and Aris--their lives linked by secrets that span generations--carry the baggage of past losses and the uncertainty of their futures. And, in the most unlikely circumstances, they may find qualities that echo through faith, acceptance, and love.
Shortly before Christmas in 2018, Tess McCarthy, after years as a hard-working English teacher who never did anything out of the ordinary, flies to Western Australia's remote Abrolhos Islands. She is in search of answers--both to the infamous Batavia shipwreck and her personal family crises.
Amsterdam, 1628. Saskia, an orphaned young Dutchwoman, boards Batavia with relatives, bound for a new and potentially dangerous life in the East Indies--only for her world to first collide with Aris Jansz, the ship's taciturn under surgeon.
Tess, Saskia, and Aris--their lives linked by secrets that span generations--carry the baggage of past losses and the uncertainty of their futures. And, in the most unlikely circumstances, they may find qualities that echo through faith, acceptance, and love.
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