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“Beautifully written and astutely observed. This is a marvelous book.”—Washington Post“One of the best beach reads for summer 2021, titanic clarity and humor that’s as dark as it is dry.”—Travel + Leisure“For fans of The Perfect Storm, In the Heart of the Sea, and Bill Bryson on his sassiest days.”—Afar Travel Magazine and GuideAboard a sinking cruise ship, a journalist faces death and reconsiders life. “If you’re looking for a great read, look no further than The Passenger.”—San Francisco ExaminerIn March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by 50-foot swells and 40-knot gales, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Hustadvika coast in Norway. This is the suspenseful, harrowing, funny, touching story by one passenger who contemplated death aboard that ship. Chaney Kwak is a travel writer used to all sorts of mishaps on the road, but this is a first even for him: trapped on the battered cruise ship, he stuffs his passport into his underwear just in case his body has to be identified. As the massive cruise ship sways in surging waves, Kwak holds on and watches news of the impending disaster unfold on Twitter, where the cruise ship’s nearly 1,400 passengers are showered with “thoughts and prayers.” Kwak uses his twenty-seven hours aboard the teetering ship to examine his family history, maritime tragedies, and the failing relationship back on shore with a man he’s loved for nearly two decades: the Viking Sky, he realizes, may not be the only sinking ship he needs to escape.The Passenger takes readers for an unforgettable journey from the Norwegian coast to the South China Sea, from post-WWII Korea to pandemic-struck San Francisco. Kwak weaves his personal experience into events spanning decades and continents to explore the serendipity and the relationships that move us—perfect for readers who love to discover world travel through the eyes of a perceptive and witty observer.

At this time of writing, The Ebook The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies from a Sinking Ship has garnered 9 customer reviews with rating of 5 out of 5 stars. Not a bad score at all as if you round it off, it’s actually a perfect TEN already. From the looks of that rating, we can say the Ebook is Good TO READ!

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It seemed like an interesting story idea: a travel writer assigned to write about a luxury cruise vacation finds himself in the middle of a potentially life-threatening situation when the ship engines fail, and peril ensues. As the ship tries to right itself and recover, the writer takes stock of his own life. The problem for me was that the writer’s insights seem limited. He writes about his cheating boyfriend of many years, but doesn’t seem to have much insight into the relationship, his part in it, or why it is failing.Additionally, the other characters on the ship are not sharply drawn: they are mostly ”septuagenarians,” as if that should tell us everything we need to know about them--or middle aged couples holding onto each other, none of whom are brought to life as living, breathing people sharing this scary moment with him. The only characters treated with much empathy are his mother and family. This book seemed to be written by someone quite young and not yet individuated. There is very little humor. At one point, the author writes, “I hope the memoir doesn’t sound me-moi-me-moi-me-moi.” One way to prevent that might have been to try to extend the empathy he has for himself and his family to the other human beings on the ship with him. I was particularly turned off when he forced a crew member to escort him to his cabin despite the potential danger, not because he needed anything from the cabin, but because he was bored. “There’s only so much eavesdropping I can do to keep myself amused.” I guess objectifying other people is one way to keep yourself apart and emotionally safe from them.As for the writing itself, it was okay, other than the over-use of similes. Things hang in the air, “like a respiratory virus.” Bones and joints, “click like computer keyboards.” It’s not that the similes are bad, it’s just that there are too many of them too close together.I think this could have been a better book had the author taken more risks and delved into himself and the other characters more deeply, showing us their humanity instead of resorting to formulaic conclusions about his life and exhibiting an adolescent defensiveness that views others as one-dimensional stereotypes safe to condemn.

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