The missing pages is a historic fiction novel that unlocks the mysterious personal life of Harry Widener, book collector, who perished on the Titanic.

I thoroughly enjoyed the way his story is revealed throughout The Missing Pages, particularly with the multiple POVs between Harry, Violet and later on, Ada.

For me, Harry’s chapters were my favourite. He really leapt off the page and I felt his love for books and Ada in my own heart. When his point of view reached his time on the Titanic, the story really picked up for me, and I suddenly felt more invested in not just him but Ada too.

Violet was the perfect person to research his life, and when they found a way to communicate I was enthralled.

This was an intriguing piece of history, and its story was delivered wonderfully.

I did pick up on a small issue, which was through Chapters 87-88. There’s mentions of the year following the titanic, but shows the incorrect year. Specifying it as being 1916 rather than 1913, as titanic sunk in April 1912.

Other than that, I’d rate this a solid 4/5 stars. Loved it!
Thank you for allowing me to read an ARC copy.

In the most unique twist in a tale about the ill fated Titanic, a young library worker at the Widener Library comes across a mystery about a priceless, lost book. Harry Widener sailed on the Titanic with what he called an incredible find, a priceless book that would shake the world. But Harry and his book went down with the ship. After his death, his mother built the library to honor her son’s memory. Now, Violet, working at the library begins to notice strange, seemingly supernatural events occurring at the library. Could Harry’s ghost be trying to tell her something? Loved this book, it had everything I like, a library, a mysterious lost book, creepy happenings and the Titanic