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Josephine's Journey Open in new Window. [E]
A young girl's voyage on the Titanic
by Elena Author Icon
Review by Tiggy Author IconMail Icon
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Rated: E | (4.5)
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*PenB* First Impressions:

Right from the start, it was clear what this story was going to be about, but it was still interesting to read it from the young girl’s perspective. She had been very excited to go on this journey to get her new hearing aids, and her enthusiasm showed when she took photos of everything and drew pictures. None of that was important in the end because obviously, the ship sank and both camera and pictures were lost, but she was one of the lucky ones who made it onto a lifeboat and was rescued.

She was a very likeable character. Being deaf, she relied on the help of her travelling companion and chaperone to communicate, but as she had been mostly deaf for a while, it didn’t present much of a problem for her. It certainly didn’t diminish her enjoyment when she saw the ship, and the first few days of the journey passed with her having a great time. I was worried that her disability would lead to disaster for her because she wouldn’t be able to hear the commotion and not know that the ship was sinking, or might get separated from Victoria and not be able to communicate with anyone, but fortunately, that didn’t happen.


*PenG* Suggestions:

I noticed a couple of formatting errors, where you had a stray bit of code in the story:

} “Hey lassie,”
}Josephine shook him off and
{/left} right at the end.


see me in front the unsinkable ship.
I think there is a word missing: in front of the unsinkable ship?

and become Josephine’s governess
“became”


*PenP* Final Thoughts:

It was a good story, and the fact that the readers knew the ship was going to sink didn’t mean that they knew what would happen in this tale. You made it unique to this little girl and her companion, and the events were more about her and her difficulties (like the boy during dinner) and less about the ship. I enjoyed the read!




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