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The historical information regarding the climate of the times in the pre-World War I US, combined with the tale of Lusitania's final voyage, was extremely fascinating. The main characters were interesting, but I thought the plotting was somewhat heavy-handed. I enjoyed the ambiguity of the ending, however.

I was inclined to give the book only 3 stars (wishing I could give it 3 1/2), but the inclusion of the author's great grandfather, who actually was aboard during the fateful voyage, made me upgrade to 4, wishing for 4 1/2. He was great, very real, and quite the hero. His story came down to the author through his daughter, her grandmother. I loved him, and would love to have known him.

Definitely recommended!


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Seven Days in May A Novel Kim Izzo Books Reviews

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It's a romance novel but with historical fact in there also. I could just picture the poor souls on that fated ship, how horrible it must have been for them. It was interesting to learn what was the norm for women at that time, we've come a long way baby!! If in fact the English, or should I say Churchill, more or less let this happen to get America into the conflict, that's pretty sad. All in all a very interesting read, if you like historical novels, then I highly recommend this one!
This was an excellent book. It started off a little slow ,but then once all the characters were introduced everything started to fall into place. I could not put this book down.
I liked the story. I had never read much about the Lusitania disaster, so this was interesting. I was a little disapointed in the ending, but after thinking about it, I decided it was a realistic ending after all.
I have read several non fiction books about the sinking of the Lusitania, and this seemed quite true to actual events. I couldn’t put it down.
This is a beautiful poingient novel written by Kim Izzo. This author has a beautiful sense of story. It is a wonderful meldiing of fact and fiction. Her writing style is sublime. She can put you smack dab in the scene, whether Sydney is walking up some metal stairs and runs smack dab into the locked gate....you are there with her. She captured the importance of the first class opulence and in many ways their self ascribed thoughts that they were better than everyone 'beneath them in station' and the vast difference between the cultures and incomes.
It did feel to me as though the ending was a bit abrupt. It left me hanging. I wanted so to know that Edward made it through the war and that the wounds had been healed and that they all lived past that week or so after the sinking.
I would recommend this book.
What an exciting and tragic story. Comparing it to terrorism like the 911 tragedy made it more real. I never knew there was a pre Bletchley Park, but it is so difficult to know all history without the aide of such authors.
I did find it difficult to believe in 1917 a woman's past would not be held against her.
The research incorporated into this novel was the main reason I read this book. But the plot concerning Brooke, Sydney and Edward seemed to be targeted towards young adults. Brooke was too silly to be taken seriously and Edward so veddy English and sexless. Sydney trying to be a feminist also seemed artificial to me and this caused a boring read. There were too many uninteresting parts that made me want to start skipping pages. The ending was not very realistic either concerning Edward and Sydney and their great love affair. Too bad as the premise was interesting.
The historical information regarding the climate of the times in the pre-World War I US, combined with the tale of Lusitania's final voyage, was extremely fascinating. The main characters were interesting, but I thought the plotting was somewhat heavy-handed. I enjoyed the ambiguity of the ending, however.

I was inclined to give the book only 3 stars (wishing I could give it 3 1/2), but the inclusion of the author's great grandfather, who actually was aboard during the fateful voyage, made me upgrade to 4, wishing for 4 1/2. He was great, very real, and quite the hero. His story came down to the author through his daughter, her grandmother. I loved him, and would love to have known him.

Definitely recommended!