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Summary: Enjoyable Read but Overrated
Review: After reading the many exemplary reviews I bought the book. It is a good but not great read. The Perfect Storm leaves the reader with an excellent picture of the fishing industry in the area, the people who do this risky work, and the sacrifices they take, but the jargon often gets confusing for the layman. Pictures in addition to the dictionary definitions of the myriad parts described of a ship would help. The one map does not have a mileage distance key on it, and although "The Perfect Storm" is the convergence of three storms the map only shows one of them. The descriptions of drowning will always stay in my mind. But the bottom line here is that this book needs help to make it "perfect".
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Summary: Turtle-paced Beginning with Riveting Ending
Review: This book has no focus. It seems Junger didnt have enough information about the Andrea Gail's final moments to fill an entire book so he saved the "Story" until the end and fills up the first half with useless information about fishing that you really don't care about, unless you're a fisherman, of course. DONT LET THE COVER FOOL YOU. The cover has you think that the entire book is a page turner when, in reality, its the final few chapters that has your face glued to the book. My advice: Skip all the boring foreplay at the beginning and head straight for the money shot located at the end of the book; you'll read less and enjoy the book more.
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Summary: Not the usual disaster story
Review: A very good friend gave me his copy of this book, with a strong endorsement.I put it on my pile of unread books, thinking it was another of the modern-adventure-gone-terribly-wrong books, like Krakauer's book on Everest. But "The Perfect Storm" is very different from the Everest book. Here we have men driven not by ambition, but by the desire to simply earn a living, who regulalry face dangers equal to those faced by climbers, and who even with the best precautions and safety gear know that there's a good chance they may not be coming back. It's an intimate picture of the men who fish the North Atlantic and the community they live in, as well as the story of a storm and the destruction it left in its path. Once I picked the book up, it really was impossible to put aside. I found myself reading it while walking along the sidewalk on my way to lunch, when a woman stopped me and asked "Is that any good? It's been sitting on my bookshel for a few weeks". I told her to run home and read it, and a week later I ran into her again, and she raved over it, too. So does everyone I recommend it to. If the above sounds interesting, you'll probably rave about it, too.
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Summary: One Good Chapter
Review: The chapter dedicated to the US Air Force Pararescue efforts drew me to this book, and it was the only chapter that interested me. But all in all, that one chapter was excellent, and the reason I give it 3 stars. The rest of the book was filled with unappealing people doing uninteresting things.
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Summary: My God
Review: I read this book because i was really interested in the movie coming out. I am not a fisherman and have never spent time on the ocean, but this book was incredible. I went through it so quick and when you stop to think that this REALLY happened it gives you a moment of pause. My heart goes out to all the families of the men lost aboard the Andrea Gail. The afterword by Sebatian Junger was particulary interesting seeing what has happened to him since writing this book. His constant nightmares about being onboard during the storm. This book was heartwrenching it is incredible please read it you will never forget what happened to those brave men.
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Summary: 10 stars
Review: I read this book last summer so as i am trying to dig deep into my memory banks i can remeber that this book is one of the few books the i am not able to put down. It was a outstanding book that focused on the doomed angral gail, but it also touched on the ways of fishing in the east, and other boats that were in area of the storm. all i have to say is read it.
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Summary: Details
Review: I've never been a reader of true-life adventure books, but on a recommendation by my sister-in-law, I picked this one up. Junger has really done his homework. I now know more than I ever wanted to know about everything from the fishing industry in New England to meteorology to the physical effects of drowning. It's very good. Not only was I in awe of the work put in behind the scenes to produce this story, but the book's a page-turner - a well-written blend of the emotional and technical.
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Summary: great heroic story
Review: This book is one of the best books I have ever read. It is a great heroic story with a great plot
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Summary: wow
Review: This book took me a less then a day to read this book. just read it.
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Summary: a perfect read
Review: One of the most interesting and certainly one of the most compelling books to come along in quite some time. Catches your interest early and dosen't let go until the last page. one of those books you hate to see end.
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