 Steven Biel, an American cultural historian, notes the novelistic way in which Lord tells the story.The book depicts events through the eyes of multiple individuals, violating simple chronology to present an overlapping series of narratives.Nathaniel Philbrick, writing in the introduction to the fiftieth anniversary edition of "A Night to Remember", notes that at the time of publication it was the first significant book about "Titanic" for nearly forty years.