Rounded up from roughly 3.5 stars ⭐️

The Girl in the Lifeboat follows sisters Poppy and Daisy who manage to survive the sinking of the Titanic. But many of those involved are trying to keep things hidden. Will the truth come to light?

I always find anything relating to the sinking of the Titanic particularly harrowing. The opening of this book left me with tears in my eyes. Eileen was able to convey the tragedy so well I truly felt like I was in the water. This book mostly focuses on the aftermath of the incident, switching between the points of view of various characters. I love the depth that can come from multiple POV’s, but unfortunately I struggled to connect to any of the characters. I did have a bit of a soft spot for Poppy, but she was slightly lacking the strength of character that I wanted from her. I found the number of subplots a little distracting too. This was the only downside of the book for me, the rest I thoroughly enjoyed.

I absolutely loved how much this book taught me about the Titanic disaster. Much of it is based on real events, but it’s written in a way that makes the facts less dry. It’s informative without being boring and really opened my eyes to events that I knew nothing about. It definitely sent me down another Googling wormhole as I tried to dig out more information about what I was reading. I’ve never read anything based around the Titanic or by this author before, but I definitely want to read more now!

I want to thank Eileen Enwright-Hodgetts for allowing me to read this book and give my personal thoughts.