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Summary: I re-read very few books. This was an exception!
Review: I have mixed feelings about this book being made into a movie. On one hand I want to more vividly feel of the raw power of the ocean that the text seeks to capture. On the other hand, rarely does a movie live up to the power of imagination, the unique scenes we all have pictured in our minds. Hopefully I will be able to enjoy each for what they have to offer. The book contained mind boggling facts and descriptions, the power of nature set down upon paper. If the movie can do the same with film, then we will have to exceptional works. MY wife and I first read this book on a trip in the fall of 98. I then gave it to a friend, who had stopped by for a visit. While visiting him in return, I have re-read the book, a rare occurance for me. I would recommend this writing to anyone who takes wonderment in the power of Nature.
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Summary: One of my all time favorites!
Review: The characters and the story have embedded themselves in my memory permanently! I found every aspect of the book vivid and fascinating. While the writing left something to be desired, this was more than compensated for by the content.
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Summary: Bravo! He got it right.
Review: Having lived in Massachusetts for most of my life, and specifically in Gloucester for thirteen years, I was enthralled by the authentic ATMOSPHERE of the place captured in this book. I was there during the year of this particular storm and I know these people, contrastingly shy and rowdy. I read the comments by reviewers and some say it's boring. Hardly. However, they may be referring to the inscrutable quality of the picture Junger paints both of the players and the place. Cape Ann, Massachusetts has a mysterious "veil" over it at times, not unlike the shades of sleet grey, bracken and bottle green that envelope it during its terrible, killing seasons: the fall hurricane months, the nor'east winters, the early, false springs. Actually, for those of us who can afford to stay in our snug homes and watch the spectacles, it can be gorgeous, but for men who must risk their lives to earn their livings, it's treacherous. A masterpiece by Junger.
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Summary: detailed story of people who go to sea in a monster storm.
Review: The author reveals every detail leading up to and including a monster storm.Life in the sea town is described in a style which reminds me of the stories of Jerry Bledsoe.
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Summary: Most awesome book I have ever read & I've read alot of books
Review: This book by Junger is truly awesome! I read it non-stop and have recommended it to many people who have read it and said the same thing. Before reviewing an "excerpt" as boring, maybe one should read the entire book. Judging a book from an excerpt is akin to judging a book by its cover.
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Summary: Educational...Interesting...Surprising
Review: Those looking for full character development with a sound ending need not apply. The book is highly informative and technical. Very good.
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Summary: Writing is like portraiture.
Review: When something is missing you can't quite put your finger on what it is. All the features are depicted correctly, but it just doesn't catch the essence of the subject. In Young Men and Fire, Norm Mcclean describes what happens to the body when it is burned to death. He also goes further and tries to imagine what must have been in the young men's minds at the last minute. Junger attempts to do the same with drowning. I found Young Men and Fire poignent and moving. This book reminded me of one of those cable shows that mascarades as a documentary, but actually relies on sensationalism and graphic pictures of death scenes. It was exciting,I'll admit,and I did have difficulty putting it down, but it was more like a need to gape at a car wreck, than being drawn into people's lives. I also think that Junger might have narrowed his focus a bit. This book could have been about the destruction caused by one storm, the men who died on one boat, men who make their living from the sea, or boating in general. Narrowing it down would have allowed for a little more depth. Unfortunately, he tried to cover all these topics, and lost something in the process.
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Summary: Gripping true story
Review: The very beginning of this book shows you the lives of the average middle class fisherman. Throughout the book Sebastian uses fishing terms that don't take long to learn. If you take the time to read this book thourghouly, you will understand the technical terms. The book is gripping if you understand what the people are going through.
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Summary: Compelling, Well Worth Reading
Review: How can anyone find this book boring? It's exactly the opposite, nonstop excitement from one end to the other. In contrast to several other reviewers, I found the "technical" discussions of fishing, weather and waves totally absorbing, a perfect introduction for a landlubber (and Midwesterner) like me. Junger even manages to bring the difficult economics of commercial fishing -- for both the individual fisherman and the industry as a whole -- to life in a way that volumes of statistics and government reports could never do. It's true that many other good books about ships and the sea have been written, but how many of them have been read and enjoyed by this many people? I rank "The Perfect Storm" high on my list of great adventure books. I hope that this book's popularity doesn't cause people to think it isn't worth reading.
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Summary: Boring!
Review: I read a excerpt of this story in my IB english class.(Freshman)I found it to be extremely boring as did many of my peers. Although it is a nonfiction, I think that it could have been better written to make it a more interesting story. Something else I would like to bring up is that not many people know alot about baots the frequent usage of boating terms was useless for describing the story because I did not understand a word of it
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