Reddit reviews We, the Drowned

I just finished Confessions of a Long Distance Sailor, and it was interesting. When I told my father I wanted to sail around the world, he recommended Once Is Enough. I'm half way through We The Drowned and Two Years Before the Mast at the moment and enjoying both. Master and Commander is next on my list. Chapman Piloting and Seamanship is always good for leafing through and studying up on technical skills.

•I like Choke a lot
•Slaughterhouse Five. Hands down. Favorite of all time.
•Its called We, The Drowned.

Edit: Fixed the link

We the Drowned (and it's actually the book I'd like if I win).

I suppose I'd call it a Multi-Generational Historical Fiction (I made that up?). It follows a family line (and some other characters) from a small port city named Marstal in Denmark. The author followed the history of the city, but created his own characters around events and stories he'd heard growing up.

This was a case of judging a book by it's cover for me. I was at the library and just putzing around, and for some reason I was really drawn to this book. It is a long read at 668 pages, but I was hooked from the first page and cried on the last. There is a lull in the middle, sure, but since there are so many characters and stories it picks up again pretty quick. It really has everything- stories of love and longing, stories of adventure, of disappointments. It really makes you feel like you are right there at the port or on the sea with the characters. Very deep and moving at times.

It also opened me up to other books of this type. Another book I'd recommend is New York: The Novel, which follows fictional characters through the founding of the city of New York. That is a really, really good one too, that follows multiple generations of families within the newly created city.

I'm not much of a reader, but when I do read I go hard. These are big books, but they are very, very good if you love following family lines and watching the history of a place grow.

Im reading a book called We The Drowned by Carsten Jensen its really good its about Sailors from Denmark and all their adventures over a few generations you should definitely give it a look. http://www.amazon.com/We-Drowned-Carsten-Jensen/dp/054773736X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409117647&sr=8-1&keywords=we+the+drowned