The Ghost of the Mary Celeste

from TheLostEntwife

Lately I've been really lusting after reads about ships lost at sea, or adventures on the high sea complete with pirates, adventuring tales, and scary ghosts. So, as you can imagine, The Ghost of Mary Celeste falls right into line with what I've been wanting so desperately and it came into my han...

from martinhughharvey

First this isn't really about the Mary Celeste. The enigmatic ship features in the background and is oft mentioned but never as the theme or to any sustained volume. I was frustrated at the first 20% or so of the book; I was a little miffed at the ending - was there really one? But I was complete...

from musecure

"The Ghost of the Mary Celeste" was in the beginning just a touch frustrating. The story unfolds in a series of, at first, seemingly unconnected tales. It may just be my reading, but it took me some time to see how each story wove into the next - even with the Mary Celeste ghosting through each. ...

from JaneSteen

Where I got the book: e-ARC from Edelweiss. Darting around the timeline of the story of the Mary Celeste, the ship found floating empty on the Atlantic in 1872, this novel imagines the lives of the captain and his wife, his wife's sister who's blessed or burdened with psychic powers and becomes a...

from Debra_Armbruster

I hate to be unkind, but I was honestly between 1 and 2 stars on this one. _The Ghost of the Mary Celeste_ was difficult to get through. Brief, historic aspects were interesting (I found Lake Pleasant to be fascinating) but the majority was frankly dull, and the characters read as forced and over...