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Summary: A very good book but a slow start.
Review: This book is very good. The only reason it didn't get 5 stars is because it started out slowly.But after you pass the first 150 pages or so this book is very good. It gives a very good description of fishing life in the ninties. The description of the storm, drowning and everything else is very good. A must read.
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Summary: Fascinating!
Review: I highly recommend this book. It is a fascinating story, and Junger skillfully weaves in information about history, the swordfish industry, meteorology, the physics of waves, what it's like to drown, and rescue training, and he does it in such a way that it adds to the story rather than detracts from it. You feel like you are right out there in the middle of the storm with the crew of the Andrea Gail, and the emotions are intense. As a person who sails for recreation, this book has renewed my respect for the awesome and unforgiving power of water and wind.
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Summary: If your husband if a Commercial Fisherman, make sure he's in
Review: I had the book for six months before I had enough courage to read it. A Perfect Storm does depict fishing as the dangerous job that it really is. Junger has most facts straight and his discriptions are good. The one part I really had a hard time with is the fact that he protrays fishermen as a bunch of drunks, when that is really not the case. For the average reader who knows nothing about the lifestyle, he gives a good eyefull of the lower side of the business. It does hit home hard if you're from a fishing family.I'm glad I read it when the weather was calm and my husband was home!.
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Summary: Incredible, can't put it down, takes your breath away book
Review: For the unintiated of the sea, or for the experienced seaman, this story curls your toes, and makes you count your blessings. Gives an inside view of the men who put their lives on the line battling the oceans of the earth. The reader will walk away thinking " Man O man. I can't believe these people went thru this! And this. And then that!" The beginning is the only section where the reader can catch his breath. After that, hold on! Well done, Mr. Junger, well done.
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Summary: A must read if you like nautical topics.
Review: One of the best books I've ever read. Sebastian Junger bring the plight of the people caught in the storm to life. He supplies an amazing amount of detail for someone who is writing about a topic he himself has never experienced. While reading the book, you feel as if you've lived in the New England fishing community and to some extent, admire the brave men and women who venture to sea, living both an exciting, free and always dangerous lifestyle. The worst part of the book is when you've finish and wish you could read more.
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Summary: Reader beware!
Review: If you start it, you'll finish it.
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Summary: Good Story - Lukewarm writing
Review: If you like exciting stories, skip the first half of this book and read the remainder. If you like good writing, skip the whole thing.
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Summary: Interesting account of fishing life style, meteorology, etc.
Review: For someone who knew next to nothing about the life style on a fishing boat, I found "The Perfect Storm" interesting. There's quite a bit of technical jargon, and I probably only absorbed about half of it, but it still fascinated me. Junger doesn't just focus on the fishing boats caught in the storm; he also describes the meteorological apects of what it takes to create hurricanes. In fact one of the best parts of the book was his description of the rescue efforts undertaken by the Air National Guard during the "Perfect" storm. The only reason I didn't give it five stars was that I felt the writing was a bit awkward. If you like disaster stories though I'd definately recommend it.
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Summary: Fact is stranger than fiction.
Review: One hundred foot waves. I've been out in ten foot waves and was happy to be alive when I returned.It was an incredible happening that would have been better as a work of fiction based on fact. There was little character development, so you were not as emotionaly attached to the crew and families as you could be. He had to fill in the gaps anyway, so why not go all the way. Still an amazing story.
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Summary: Excellent narration, but pehaps the author was somehat naive
Review: I enjoyed the book, especially its depiction of the rough and tumble, dangerous life of the New England fishermen. However, in the one area about which I do know a little, I found that the author should have been a little less credulous at what he was told by the survivors. I refer to the rescue helicopter that went down at sea, necessitating an additional dangerous rescue mission and resulting in the loss of a life. I am a private pilot, and my airplane is equipped with weather radar. From the description of the squall they flew into, it would have been painted bright red on the helicopter's radar screen and on that of the refueling airplane. They should have known to avoid the area and to radio for guidance around the area. Even in the unlikely event that neither aircraft was equipped with radar, an airplane is not as helpless as a ship, and they could have turned 180 degrees to back out of the area of heavy precipitation. The author made a hero out of a pilot who perhaps deserved additional discipline to that which was dished out by the storm.
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