Jane's Reviews > Drawn by the Current

I like to read books set in Chicago, and I am fascinated by the tragedy of the Eastland, which isn't very well known compared to the Titanic. Despite some misgivings I decided to read Drawn by the Current.

There were parts of it that I quite enjoyed. There are some strong scenes between the main character Olive and her love interest Erik. But the Eastland disaster is background noise. Like the movie Titanic, there is made up drama instead of focus on the real drama that was part of the disaster. There are so many real tragic and fascinating stories in the Eastland disaster, I don't get having to make them up. (There is even a Titanic-like bit of nonsense with someone shooting at two people on the Eastland.)

Also I had my usual problem with extremely religious Christian novels. I could hardly read the passages where the characters rely on their faith in God. Really, God saved you from the Eastland disaster but not the other 844 people who drowned? I guess they were all unworthy sinners. (*sarcasm*)

Note to self: this is my second attempt at reading a Jocelyn Green novel and she CLEARLY is not for me.