Beside a Burning Sea

A compelling example of heroic wartime storytelling As would be expected, the World War II hospital ship “Benevolence held nearly five hundred hospital beds, which were filled with soldiers who suffered everything from chest wounds to lost appendages to malaria and psychiatric maladies”. What the cap......more

I really enjoyed this book. John Shors is the perfect writer for me, because his books (so far) are based in Asia and have strong female protagonists (which both appeal to me very much!). I would give Beside a Burning Sea four-and-a-half stars, but that's not possible on goodreads. I didn't love it......more

I loved this book. Beside a Burning Sea is so well written, and just such a big story- one I will not soon forget. This book follows a group of survivors after a hospital ship is sunk in the Pacific off the coast of the Soloman Islands in WWII. The characters manage to swim ashore a deserted island......more