This was a well-researched book about the first class passengers on board the Titanic, but I will say I liked the second half more than the first, because it concerned the ship itself more. The first half is a lot about the peoples' backstories, which could be interesting except I kept on mixing people up in my head. The second half is more about how they interacted on the ship before, during, and after the sinking, and I found that to be very interesting.