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· 25 May 2021

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Review: Unsinkable

Unsinkable
Lotte van den Noort


General information:
Author: Lotte van den Noort
Title: Unsinkable
ISBN: 9789463967679
Publishing house: Hamley Books
Genre: young adult
Number of pages: 380
Edition: hardcover
Date of appearance: April 2021
Price: 18,99€

About the author:
Lotte van den Noort (1995) is a Dutch author, born in the municipality of Helmond in Brabant. Since the moment she managed to deal with pen and paper, Lotte has written many short stories in notebooks, which she then proudly and enthusiastically recited to the class.

Unsinkable is her debut with Hamley Books.

About the book:
You know the story, but is that really how it went?

Katharina Thompson wants nothing more than to go to America to build a future with her fiancé. When she gets to work as a chambermaid on the Titanic, it's an opportunity she eagerly takes.

But the fate of the Titanic throws soot into the food. Katharina's brother warns her not to set foot on the ship. The Titanic is doomed to sink and not only an iceberg is the cause of.

Based on one of the biggest conspiracy theories in the world.

Reading snippet:
https://cbonline.boekhuis.nl/pls/cover/p_get_cover_fe?p_hash=DFE76F26D0E60F26DC71F082CA5AD01B

My opinion:
Only for the cover you want to have this book in your bookcase. A pearl among all the other gems of Uitgeverij Hamley Books. Beautifully laminated, takes a lot of care to both the exterior and the interior.

Everyone knows the story of Jack and Rose on the Titanic. If you don't know this story, you're not from this planet...!
Lotte van den Noort has based itself for Unsinkable on one of the greatest conspiracy theories that exist, that the Titanic would have been exchanged by her sister ship the Olympic.
I myself had never heard of this theory and went to visit them... and yes, it is plausible. Or maybe I am a doomsman... but this aside from the issue, continue with the story.

Not only Jack and Rose were on the Titanic, because then the story would have been told quickly and they shouldn't have saved 1,500 people but only two. Lotte van den Noort has woven a fictional story around the original story in which Katharina 'Kitty' Thompson plays the leading role. From a good house, but by a father who had lost his fortune, the family was forced to live in a workers' house and go to work for himself.. 16-year-old Katharina is struggling with this and she hopes to have a better life in America together with her fiancé. Together with her only friend Maggie, they are recruited as a chambermaid at the Titanic while her brother warned Katharina not to embark on the Titanic...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0nceDv4L3o

Even though you already know the end of the story, the author has delivered a rather original script, written from someone else's point of view. A story full of friendship, sacrifice, love and fear but also of hope and dreams.
Outside the cover I found the story simply beautifully written. On top of that, the author has a very pleasant and smooth writing style. Unsinkable may be the debut of Lotte van den Noort, but we have certainly not seen the latest book published yet.

Rating: 4/5

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Unsinkable can be purchased at your favorite bookstore or online at:

Publishing house Hamley Books
Bol.com
Bazarow.com