Rating: 
Summary: Does not live up to the reviews
Review: Don't waste your money on this book. After reading the reviews, I was expecting a short story that was both entertaining and written with style. I found neither to be true. The prose is not written in a flowing, easy to read way, and the story line has nothing to say. The characters lacked character and could have been developed better. The story is shallow and the outcome predictable.
Rating: 
Summary: An island you'd like to visit
Review: After reading this book, I went to a book signing with Linda Greenlaw. She is quite personable and funny. You'd not think "fisherwoman" when you see her as she seems a "regular" type person. Linda wants her next book to be a novel and as this (Lobster Chronicles) book is so easy to follow and makes you feel as if you know the neighbors (especially Rita!) I feel a novel from her will be a treasure.
Rating: 
Summary: As empty as a baitless lobster trap.
Review: Nothing happening on a very small island. Even the lobsters don't seem to cooperate with this author. If the author were not a woman doing a traditional man's job the manuscript for this book would never have made it onto the mail boat. And to frequently say that something "sucks" harldly shows powers of explication for this Colby College graduate.
Rating:
Summary: Lots of fun!
Review: I picked a copy of the book up while vacationing in Acadia this summer. I finished it in a mere two afternoons (mostly spent reading in a lovely chair along Bar Harbor's Shore Path)I think Linda is a beautiful writer and she makes scenery, events and personalities seen so real for the reader. The characters were well-described and Linda's loneliness was palpable. The book had lots of interesting facts about the lobster fishing industry, but reading was kept light and fast-paced with the comedic exploits of the Isle au Haute natives. It was a great summer read -- especially fun to read so close to where "it all happens!"
Rating:
Summary: Linda Greenlaw goes fishing
Review: I have not read "The Hungry Ocean" so without having another of Linda Greenlaw's books with which to compare "The Lobster Chronicles", I nonetheless thought this a worthy effort. Ms. Greenlaw writes with a breezy style, punctuated with anecdotes about her neighbors and family. Her language is often as colorful as the people around her. I was a little bothered by her predictable style of humor. It's funny in the beginning but wears a little thin by the end. A short promo appearing on the dustjacket written by Sebastian Junger describes Ms. Greenlaw's book (in part) as "the best book, period I've ever read on fishing". The author writes some about lobster fishing but her book is really about her family and friends....and, of course, about her. I would have liked to have heard more from her about lobstering but I'm happy with this good summer read.
Rating: 
Summary: loved it!
Review: this book was wonderful! i am a fellow mainer (though of the "other maine" species), and loved every page of the book. though i have only lived a few years of my life on the coast of maine (the rest being in aroostook county), i felt totally at home while reading it (now from my nyc apartment). linda's sense of humor was wonderful, and her accounts of the islanders rang true to me as i think of many of my "county" friends and family. i felt that although fishing was nicely displayed, linda's ability to tell a great story out of her experiences is what makes this great. will read the first book as soon as i can, and hope for more in the future.
Rating: 
Summary: Life on an "Very Small Island" is indeed Boring
Review: I must preface this review with the fact that I won this book on Rebecca Reads Website (Thanks Rebecca) so I was not out any money. I was looking forward to reading this Best Selling Authors work but the book left me wanting more.
The Lobster Chronicles: Life on a Very Small Island started out well enough with some background into Linda and how she found herself on her home island after a career on the open sea. Her character development and pace are fine but she never delves deeper into this eclectic group of characters she has at her disposal.
Her look into the impending "Gear War" never reaches any fruition, oh it is brought up a number of times but the group never undertakes the task of keeping their "turf". While I realize this is based on her real experences, I never felt the urgency that could have been displayed, when an industry that so many people depend on was "floundering". I never felt that if her foray into lobster fishing failed, that she would really suffer, being a best selling author and all. Perhaps if a long time lobster fisher person wrote this book, they could better convey the hardship and perseverance it takes to eke out a living by fishing for "bugs".
My overall feeling was, when I reached the last page,I did gain some insight into Linda's life and the life of her community but I wanted more. I feel that this book could have offered that "more" but Linda was content in offering a shallow glimse into her life and the life of her community. Some may feel her look at cancer was not shallow and I would agree but my feeling stands.
If you want a rambling read about a single woman looking to find a man on a small island and by the way she is starting out lobster fishing, then by all means buy the book.
If you want more then that then I would recommend looking elsewhere.
Rating:
Summary: Worth the time to read
Review: A very good chronicle from an interesting author. "The Hungry Ocean" is a good read also to fully understand a deeper meaning of this book. It's very much worth your time to read this if you love fishing or have a love of any and almost everything to do with the water. I'm too landlocked. I hope she goes back to fishing the swords. She certainly seems to want to. May God be with her.
Rating:
Summary: NOT UP TO SNUFF
Review: THIS BOOK WAS OKAY BU NOT AS GOOD AS HER FIRST BOOK I CONTINUED TO READ THIS BOOK HOPING IT WOULD GO ON MORE ABOUT FISHING FOR LOBSTER
Rating:
Summary: lobsters with all the trimmings!
Review: This erstwhile swordboat captain offers her quirky insights about returning home to live with her parents; of island life with dogs, tourists & feuds. Against her better judgement, she becomes a lighthouse restoration committee member & offers us a microcosmic view of people, with good intentions, coming together only to be pulled apart by temptation & apathy. Ever since THE HUNGRY OCEAN, I have been a Linda Greenlaw fan. I like the way she looks at life & I enjoy her lusty vocabulary. In THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES, she takes us to sea only in the waters surrounding her island home. There she describes in rich detail, the life & times, & memories of lobster fishermen. Follow this author into her world of fogs & salt water; of handsome sternmen & klutzy handymen; of political fuses & social apathy; of befriending her father in his retirement & coaching her mother through her cancer. All the while, Linda Greenlaw ponders on the history of her clan & the rock on which they thrive; on what she will do with her life, & where she will live. THE LOBSTER CHRONICLES is a surprisingly engaging memoir of a life lived on a path less traveled.
| 
