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Summary: Page-turning true story juxtaposing human drama vs. nature
Review: Gripping glimpse of the rigours of life on the sea mapping the story of a voyage gone wrong by an unexpected storm changing the lives of the people on board and folks trying to save them. Brilliantly juxtaposes a modern day sailors slice of life with history, meterology and oceanography told in a fresh, first person account.
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Summary: A terrific can't-put-it-down account of men and death....
Review: I must admit to some prejudice, as someone who's spent half his life in fishing towns,and lived through a winter of grief when a scallop boat from Provincetown, Mass went down with all hands in the winter of 1977-78. I truly could not put this book down. Perhaps my familiararity with subjects like ocean currents and fish behavior made the "technical" side of "The Perfect Storm" easier for me to digest; and I understand why this material might have seemed dry to other readers. Still, the insight into the men and women who make up this tale easily transcend that. The author is also due praise for the diligence and sensitivity employed in the research. Anyone who read the first addition, MUST pick up the paperback version to read the addition "aferword" by Junger. Finally, I found it amazing that other reviewers here at Amazon disagreed so wildly in their opinions. Readers either gave "Storm" horrible or grand reviews, with virtually none in the middle. Wonder why...?
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Summary: Outstanding, simply outstanding. I read this book in a day.
Review: If this book doesn't excite and interest you, you either can't read or you're dead or both.Well written - especially for a newcomer. Nice job Mr. Junger - don't let the critics get you down. You are a promising young writer!
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Summary: Junger succeds in describing the undescribable.
Review: Sebastian Junger's clinical description of the perfect storm and it's consequences have the same effect as Jack the Ripper describing a stroll around the neighborhood in Whitechapel. The crew of the Andrea Gail are perfectly innocent, yet in the truest sense, they are victims of circumstance. The prelude to the arrival of the malstrom is aptly formatted so that one can sense the premonition of the horrorfying events about to unfold. The fact that these events are described in such detail make it impossible for the reader not to feel that he/she is the seventh crewmember.
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Summary: One of the best books ever wrtitten!
Review: What a reading experience! Junger makes even the boring history sound very interesting. He also creates the haunting visions of sinking boats and how people react. The section where author tells about drowning and how body reacts taught many new things. I also now understand more about death.
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Summary: An experience a sailor loves to dread
Review: I have been sailing (mostly inland and some offshore) for about 30 years and I think that the book provides a thorough experience that every sailor loves to dread. I doubt that a movie can provide justice, especially the coast guard actions.
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Summary: I didn't care if they all went down
Review: A male relative told me this was one of the greatest books he ever read. I will never trust him onward. Sebstian is consumed with technical crap like wave heights, weather warnings, boat jargon, blah blah, and barely toches on character or plot. There were too many boats, too many crew members and helicopter pilots that were in trouble that you didn't get close to any of them. The best part of the book was the end (not just because it was over) but how he told the story of pulling information out of the local seadogs. Who cares. Boring!!!!
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Summary: Great sea adventure
Review: As a former seaman I can say this book gives you some feel of a storm at sea. Life on the North Atlantic is not always a cake walk. A must read for anyone contemplating a life at sea in any capacity.Burt Nowell
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Summary: what a story! what an adventure! what a book!
Review: Fantastic! Sebastian surely captured the readers in the adventures and dangers in commercial fishing, the men (and women) who feel the lure of the sea and why they go against the odds. Anyone who loves boats, the water, and fish would truly appreciate (and understand) reading this well- researched book of true sea tales. Hope to read more from Mr. Junger, and look forward to seeing this in movie. I highly recommend reading Linda Greenlaw's book as well.
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Summary: This book was terrible until the end
Review: I thought that the first part of this book was absolutely abominable, whereas the last part was actually interesting. The author wasn't able to decide what he wanted to write about, and this horrible book was the result.
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