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Summary: Over-rated and at times very boring book.
Review: This might be an ok book if you're involved in the industry, but for all others it just doesn't ring true. You know from the beginning that no one knows exactly what went wrong with the Andrea Gail. Also, the accounts of other fishermen with similar experiences reads more like a survey or a part of a case study than an actual story. The author should have at least stuck to one storyline and tried to make us believe that we were with the the sailors from the beginning of the trip to the end. This is a very disjointed book, as someone said earlier.
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Summary: Worth the effort
Review: I picked this book up and tried to start it several times before I finally dug in and stuck to it. The intro is gritty and I wasn't sure I would have any empathy for the characters. Once I got into the book a few chapters I finished it in a matter of hours! - Has enough data related to the ocean/weather to make it very interesting.
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Summary: This is a great book.
Review: The Perfect Storm is a wonderful book. I loved it and recommend it highly to almost every reader.
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Summary: Excellent Read; nail-biting, even though you know outcome
Review: Read It. You won't be sorry
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Summary: A Heck of a Tome
Review: I picked this pp up in Balto airport and read all the way to Fla; good thing I was golfing, and not fishing!! This book was informative, educational and entertaining. Junger did a fantastic job of describing the characters in Glouster, and the way of life of a fisherman. I had heard all the hype @ this book, and that put me off for awhile, but I am sure glad I read it. Now, I am only afraid that with movie rights bought and paid for Hollyweird will ruin it!! Mel Gibson as Billy tyne ok..............
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Summary: EDUCATIONAL, INFORMATIVE AND ENTERTAINING AS WELL...
Review: Read this one on vacation in Hawaii last week. Read it in two days! A real page-turner. Especially for sailors or boat owners. This author is a great asset to the fishing community and the book is as entertaining as it is educational. I wish this Junger would write more books! Read it and re-read it!
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Summary: This was one of the best book's i have ever read
Review: This book did a great job of telling about the "Perfect Storm." The details in this book make you seem like you are there in the storm. Good job Mr. Junger!!
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Summary: Story line a bit disjointed.
Review: Basic premise of the story is pretty good. But the lack of writing style makes it hard to follow in some places. The various participants stories don't seem to be clearly connected to each other. Otherwise, the descriptions of the massive seas, high winds and sheer terror are fasinating. As one who has personally experienced high seas and high winds, I could quickly identify with the descriptions.
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Summary: WARNING: Attention span required
Review: A great technical elucidation wound around a gripping human tragedy. Reminds me of Simon Winchester's THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN. As with that book, most reviewer complaints refer to "distracting" technical excurions. I for one still enjoy a story that teaches me something along the way, and I'm glad writers like Junger still have the courage to write them.
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Summary: Awesome Power
Review: Eternal Father, strong to save, whose arm does bind the restless wave, Who bids the mighty ocean deep it's own appointed limits keep. . .The sea is no respecter of persons. She can be as vicious as she is beautiful, and there is not better narrative portraying the glorious oceans as their worst than "The Perfect Storm." Anyone who has ever sailed offshore, or experienced a small boat caught in a 30 mile fetch with 40 knot winds has experienced in microcosm what Junger so vividly describes. Visualize an infinite series of ten story buildings that must be scaled and descended with survival dependent on your ability to do that. It defies imagination, but this book comes as close as anyone ever has to describing the terror of nature out of control. "The Perfect Storm" is required reading for any boater, offshore sailor, or their wannabes. Those who love the sea must also respect her awesome power. . . . O hear us when we cry to Thee, for those in peril on the sea.
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