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Summary: Puts reader in the shoes of sailors who died at sea.
Review: The author does a wonderful job of reassembling the events surrounding what was thought to be another trip to the Swordfishery off George's banks. Nobody survived that trip so the author must reconstruct everything by interviewing people with similar experiences and using his understanding of the personality of each sailor to figure out what they were thinking/doing during the deadly two weeks at sea in the North Atlantic. Good read with enough technical detail to entertain gearheads and enough personality to appeal to sensitive, people type persons. Not quite as good as Into Thin Air but very close.
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Summary: This book is poorly written and unfocused.
Review: Unfortunately, the stories of the men lost at sea get lost in a quagmire of unrelated details, trivia, and imagined conversations. For the most part, the writing gets bogged down, and the point of the book is foggy. However, the descriptions of the survivors' experiences at sea are fascinating.
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Summary: It only amplified my fear of ever leaving shore.
Review: I have an innate fear of the sea be it in a boat or not, and The Perfect Storm was the icing on the cake for me. Even more so because this book is true. Even with the fear it instilled in me as I read, I loved the book and can see why people want to visit where it all began. Another "all-nighter" book...
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Summary: Deceiving:this is not a thriller!
Review: If you want to know about a fisherman's way of life or you want to know about storm formations out at sea, this may be an interesting book for you. I read it because I was told it was a thriller, a true life drama of how 6 men tried to survive a terrible storm in a boat, and I was totally disappointed. because there was no story. All Junger kept mentioning was that the ship disappeared without a trace, and then he went back to talking about weather formations again....I was half way through the book when I started wondering if this is all there is because I was getting bored, and sure enough that was all there was up to the end.! Those commentaries at the beginning of the book were total lies to promote the book and were totally unsubstantiated
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Summary: Sebastian Junger opens a window to modern fisherman
Review: Author did an excellent job researching east coast fisherman to recreate the storm of 1992 for the reader. I am glad authors today are persuing topics like these, any person who reads a work like this will better themselves and broaden their wisdom.A must read for people enamored with the sea. J
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Summary: The suspense book of the century!
Review: The Perfect Storm is a book of true courage and suspense on the sea. The Andrea Gail, a small commercial fishing boat, is caught in "the storm of the century" with waves over 100 ft high. Not only does the book depict the suspense and horror of that night, but the terror and fear of the men aboard, using the real life events as told by the men who lived them.
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Summary: A gripping account of life at sea
Review: Just finished A Perfect Storm and feel compelled to comment (having just read through the 301 previously posted comments about this book). The characters are going to stay with me for a long time. I think Junger did a good job weaving the physics and technicalities into the story. His writing illustrates that the Gulf Stream currents; the knowledge of how, when and why a boat can right itself; the economics of a swordfisherman's journey; the changing velocity of a drop from an plane, are part and parcel of peoples' lives. I found myself entranced in a gripping terror, made all the more powerful by its reality. I admire Junger's integrity to the story by not fictionalizing events. Originally got the book for my 13 year old, an obsessive fisherman, but ended up "inhaling" it over the course of the Thanksgiving holiday myself. Powerful. A book that honors and acknowledges the power of the sea and those forces greater than man. Not bad for a first attempt. A story that will stay with me for a long, long time.
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Summary: Fantastic! Put on a lifevest to read it!
Review: I found the story to be very exciting and sad. The reader knows at the start these men are doomed. Mr. Junger's writing still left a shred of hope they might be saved or found. Having been raised on the shore of one of the Great Lakes, I have read all the freshwater shipwreck tales, this was my first time with an ocean disaster. Mr. Junger did his homework for this one! My only thought is perhaps he could have included photos or a diagram of the Andrea Gail or a basic Sword boat design. I have recommended "The Storm " to all my friends.
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Summary: over-rated
Review: When I read critic quotes that used words like "riveting, mesmerizing, thrilling" and so on, I thought I might be getting a book that I could liken to Krakauer's, "Into Thin Air," or something, but absolutely not! I would use none of those words to describe this book. I felt as if the author was having to fill pages with all sorts of technological data, old stories, and so forth because there was so very little of a story to tell. I think this book may very well be worthwhile to those who are vastly interested in the subject matter; for me, though it was just dull.
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Summary: An amazing story cluttered with unnecessary details
Review: Junger provides an amazing amount of detail about the fishing industry, its practices, and the perilous voyages men undertake to reap the rewards of hauling back a major catch. However, just when Junger has you "hooked" and intrigued by the force of 100 foot swells and the possible demise of the crew, he falls back into bombarding you with frivolous character details. Also, Junger's fragmented, informal writing style makes what would otherwise be a weekend read, an arduous task.
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