Review of The Bridge

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[Following is a volunteer review of "The Bridge" by Andrew Palmer.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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The Bridge[/i] by Andrew Palmer


The accounts from this book are a mix of fiction and non-fiction. A period piece from the horrific events in the early 1900's known as the collapse of The Quebec Bridge. Told in modern day Quebec following two engineering students, who are an unlikely pair to be tasked with creating their own final paper for senior year, describing the events that led up to the collapse of the bridge. They are to complete the paper describing from their research and vantage point what was the likely cause of the collapse . Unbeknownst to either of them there are several hidden clues getting them to the end project.


I found while reading this book a sense of urgency and foreboding for Alec. His years of training to become an engineer were laid before him in this enormous job of being the low level engineer who wanted to sound the alarm to his bosses and yet wanting to be careful of not overstepping his new boundaries. Alec was put in a difficult position by his own calculations, take in mind during the early 1900's there were no calculators, computer programs only the Arthometer. A rudimentary way of calculating figures.


Alec's life is woven into his home life with his beautiful bride Ginny a woman whom Alec always felt had married below her worth but she adored and loved Alec into believing in himself to accept his responsibility as a gift to provide for his family and cement their future.
After, all attempts to get proper attention to the grim facts Alec had forewarned the owners the inevitable happened and the tragic collapse of the Quebec bridge devastated the families and the country right before everyone. Alec out of this tragedy became a hero twice by saving the life of his coworker, and sounding the alarm that the calculations on the bridge were far off.


I found my reading was more interesting focusing on the period piece of the story and not the modern day events that brought us the story. I definitely gave this 4 out of 4 stars[/b]. I found nothing offensive in the language or text of the authors writing. There was no foul language used. The editing of this book was done quite well since I found no grammatical errors.


The historical vantage point of this book would be an interesting read for an up and coming engineer as it lends to actual events that had devastating consequences to not giving the utmost attention to the smallest details.

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