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Summary: A book you will not want to put down.
Review: Excellent read for the reader who enjoys non-fiction adventure. If you enjoyed this book I highly reccommend The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw.
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Summary: outstanding account of the life of men who go to sea
Review: My years of work in the merchant marine and oilfield were brought back to life as I read this book: massive, almost crazy paychecks; human frailty; free-spending habits; indescribable beauty and danger of life at sea. I found it to be well-researched and written.
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Summary: Not as gripping as other adventure books
Review: When I read Into Thin Air I couldn't put it down. So when people told me this was a similar book, I bought it. Unfortunately, I thought it failed to really put the reader in the moment and was padded too heavily with some intelligent guesswork on the part of the author as to what might have happened in the final hours, minutes before this boat went down. Of course, the author is not fully to blame for this lapse, and comparisons to Into Thin Air may be inherently unfair, since Krakauer was there to experience the ill-fated adventure he describes, while Junger, of course, was not. Given this reality however, I thought he took the wrong approach by using so much of the book to attempt to recreate the scene. Lengthy descriptions of the science behind the storm seemed a bit arcane, and not really relevant to anyone except a meteorologist. While I am fascinated by ship wrecks, I think it is always better to write convincingly about the part of the disaster that is known rather than speculating about the rest. Therefore, I would have liked more information on history of other wrecks in the area. Also could have done without the description of the weather patterns. While other parts about the victims' families was interesting and helped bring a human angle to the story, I found some of the descriptions a bit stereotypical and the prose a bit clunky. This book isn't horrible. If it had been a magazine article I probably would have liked it -- Junger has clearly researched his topic thoroughly. But after you have finished the book, you have the feeling you should have learned a little more. For that reason, I am a little surprised by all the accolades this book has received.
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Summary: Good for insomnia!!!!
Review: I usually love adventure books of any type and was excited about this book until I started reading it. The cover exclaims, wonderful, exciting, can't put down! Yeah right! I have read this book for about two months and I'm still reading it. When does the good part come? I read it at night to get sleepy. I get through about 2 or 3 pages and I'm ready to turn off the light and go to bed. Save your money if you don't have insomnia. Try "A Walk in the Wilderness" or "Into Thin Air".
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Summary: This book illustrates the true meaning of the word survival
Review: When I was trying to think of a way to describe how truly good this book is the only thing I could come up with is that as you are reading this it is so unbeleiveable that you find yourself reminding yourself that this is non fiction. It is about fishing which I found turned off a lot of my friends that read it, but if you are willing to bring a respect to this book you will find that though you don't understand all of what he is writing about, you still are in awe of the difficulty. Fishing is probably on
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Summary: Interesting book, but some technical detail inaccurate.
Review: Mr. Junger has some minor flaws in his technical details. Otherwise, the book is a good read.In describing the National Weather Services origins he states that the Commerce Department oversees aviation and interstate trucking. The Department of Transportation, and its aviation branch, The Federal Aviation Administration, word have a problem with the reassignment of responsibilities. Further on, in the same section, he states that the information relayed back from weather balloons is done by theodolite. Unfortunately, a theodolite is a device similar to a surveyors transit to measure horizontal and vertical angles. Mr. Junger, possibly, is confusing a theodolite with a radiosonde. The book is interesting reading. I am having a hard time putting it down. The mixture of the story with the historical facts is well done.
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Summary: this book was the most doringest book i have ever read
Review: I hated this book I kept waiting for the story to start. I had no interest in all that history. If I wanted a history lesson I would have read a history booik!!!!
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Summary: Riveting
Review: I didn't think I would like this book because I don't usually read non-fiction for pleasure. But I got sucked into this book in the very beginning. I learned a lot about swordfishing, storms, drowning, and rescue. This book was a page-turner; the fact that it was based on a true story made it even more engrossing.
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Summary: Working at sea under Heavy Weather...
Review: I never have been at sea but through your story you brought me a glimpse of the shocking danger of being at sea during a bad storm. Along with the descriptions of what makes dangerous storms, you show how weather on the ocean affects all sailors and relatives of those who make their living floating on the ocean... Enjoyed it and will read it again! Good book Mr. Junger! Thanks!
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Summary: Beware!
Review: Horrible book straight ahead! No coherent structure exists for this "story". Down, down your hard-earned money goes!
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