The Dressmaker Kate Alcott 9780385535588 Books
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I read the description of the book and it hooked me. I bought it and was caught up in it for almost 3/4's of the way - then it lost me. The heroine became shallow and weak. For someone who fought so hard and was so determined to make a better life for herself, I was disappointed how the author made her develop into someone I really didn't care about anymore. In fact, I found myself not picking up the book as readily as when I started it. The love interests were very weak and tedious - didn't really seem to be necessary to the storyline, but I am used to that. The book seems to rely on the Titanic tragedy more than the first premise established from the beginning of a dressmaker wanting to make good in America, the land of opportunity. I noticed many reviewers took issue with some historical discrepancies inserted throughout; but I didn't buy it for a history lesson, so that didn't plague me like it did some. I just wished the heroine had become someone you could really identify with and like. The author failed on both.Tags : The Dressmaker [Kate Alcott] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. <b>Just in time for the centennial anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic</i> comes a vivid, romantic,Kate Alcott,The Dressmaker,Doubleday,0385535589,Historical - General,English;United States;Fiction.,Shipwreck survival;Fiction.,Women dressmakers;Fiction.,American Historical Fiction,English,FICTION Historical General,Fiction,Fiction Historical,Fiction Literary,Fiction Romance Historical General,Shipwreck survival,United States,Women dressmakers
The Dressmaker Kate Alcott 9780385535588 Books Reviews
This was a sweet and entertaining story of Tess, a young maid in Cherbourg, France, with a head full of dreams and considerable, but unappreciated, natural talent as a seamstress. Orphaned and alone, when she hears there are jobs on a huge ship sailing for New York, she plucks up her courage to leave the security of her job and pursue her dreams. When the rumors of a job appear to be groundless, she bluffs her way into the employ of a world reknowned dress designer for the rich and famous.
The ship is the Titanic, and she is thrown into a fascinating world of glamor and wealth juxtaposed with the poor and some shady characters. She must learn who to trust. When the dress designer and her effete, titled husband, push their way onto one of the few lifeboats, Tess learns even more about courage and heroism, fear and weakness.
The investigation and trial that take place in America after the survivors arrive is a fascinating and well-researched glimpse into the outrage over the means used by some to secure a place on a lifeboat and the guilt that many survivors felt when they realized the enormity of the tragedy.
The morbid fascination we still feel with the sinking of the Titanic is skillfully woven into the ever-popular theme of someone with talent and determination making their way to happiness and success as Tess seems to do by being true to herself and her values. Of course there is a love story woven in too.
The moral of the book is best summed up with the author's final reflections on her protagonist "And it was all right. She could be right or wrong, but her vow to herself was clear now. She would be strong and not always too careful, not settle for a smaller life, and face what was true."
I thought by now I had read or watched everything there was to know about Titanic but like every harrowing event there are many truths and many mysteries left untold even after 100 years.
The author obviously researched carefully every aspect of this event which made this a very interesting read from the drama of the sinking, the design world of that time and the emergence of women's rights.
I loved that many of the characters were actual survivors or victims, for example I was surprised to learn that the original owners of Macy's perished in this horrible accident.
If you are interested to learn more about what really happened that night and what the world was like for men and women in 1912 you will love this book!
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The Dressmaker started slow, but improved as I read. The quality of the writing was adequate to tell the story, but I felt that it often suffered for the lack of emotional depth. Also, I felt that the the plot device used to bring Tess and Lady Duff-Gordon together at the beginning of the book was unbelievably contrived.
Overall this was a study in the changing roles and perceptions of women during the height of the suffragist movement as seen through the eyes of Tess Collins, the dressmaker and Titanic survivor and Pinky Wade, a newspaper reporter covering the investigative hearings following the disaster. I didn't feel that the character of Tess was as well developed as that of Pinky which made Tess's character and many of her actions more annoying than sympathetic.
The two primary male characters vying for Tess's hand were cliched opposites. Between Jim Bonney, the talented, wood-carving sailor and Jack Bremerton, a wealthy, talented, much older American businessman, Jim was the most believable in terms of both his character and how he and Tess came to know one another. The meeting and attraction between Jack and Tess was straight out of a 60s "B" movie rom-com. It was fairly clear from the beginning, at least to me, who she would choose.
Bottom line The Dressmaker is an average read, but not particularly original or compelling.
I read the description of the book and it hooked me. I bought it and was caught up in it for almost 3/4's of the way - then it lost me. The heroine became shallow and weak. For someone who fought so hard and was so determined to make a better life for herself, I was disappointed how the author made her develop into someone I really didn't care about anymore. In fact, I found myself not picking up the book as readily as when I started it. The love interests were very weak and tedious - didn't really seem to be necessary to the storyline, but I am used to that. The book seems to rely on the Titanic tragedy more than the first premise established from the beginning of a dressmaker wanting to make good in America, the land of opportunity. I noticed many reviewers took issue with some historical discrepancies inserted throughout; but I didn't buy it for a history lesson, so that didn't plague me like it did some. I just wished the heroine had become someone you could really identify with and like. The author failed on both.
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