The Perfect Storm : A True Story of Men Against the Sea

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Summary: The Queen Mary almost tipping over , WOW
Review: It's not hard to believe some of the stories concering the height of some waves. Returing home from Europe in 1946 on a Liberty ship in January I watched the waves reach so high that you had to look way up to see the sky, within the minute the ship dropped so low in the trough of the wave you had to look straight down to see the water. I thought the book was great, and I opened my eyes wider to the conditions that exit.

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Summary: Nine thumbs up for a first-rate thriller
Review: And just when we thought it was safe to go back into the water, "The Perfect Storm" shows how wrong we were. For a reader that really had no sense of how dangerous and demanding the life of a commercial fisherman can be, or of how unmerciful the sea, this book was an eye-opener. The author describes the people, places and events of that 1991 storm with skill and drama, and the eventual outcome was made doubly tragic by the deaths of the all-to-real characters involved. No fiction this. It is life off the Grand Banks as it is lived. A memorable read.

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Summary: Through Howling Gale
Review: The reading public seldom has the opportunity
to read good books on storms at sea and rescue. As one who made trips to the Grand Banks region and published works on rescue at sea, I recommend this book. For those who doubt a 100-foot wave, go to sea during a bad storm. No author is perfect. Junger should have more maps showing the trackline of the storm and he should clearly identify U.S. Coast Guard and Canadian Coast Guard. They are different. This book should be read by anyone interested in the sea and anyone interested in a good book.

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Summary: A very interesting and enjoyable read.
Review: Great book made even more of an interesting to me because I live in Scituate MA, one of the worst-hammered towns by the storm described in this book. I watched the storm (as close as you could get) and saw houses getting crushed. I could not imagine actually being out on a boat in that storm, no matter how big the boat. The sections on the formation of the storm were very interesting as well. A great summer beach book

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Summary: It was terrible
Review: Not a good book at all. A 100 foot wave, please

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Summary: Pushes the genre's envelope
Review: Outrageously exciting. Junger pushes the envelope on action adventure writing to the point where you are there. You are watching the 100 foot waves break over the boat. You are drowning with the crew. You are going down with the chopper. Wow. I could not put this one down. One of the best book I've ever read

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Summary: DON'T READ THIS ON A BOAT TRIP !
Review: WOW! I COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!
He should have included pictures of the crew and a few more
maps. a worthy rea

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Summary: Wonderful.
Review: Do you want to develop a fear of the Ocean? Well, you don't have to go far. This book does it. I read the book in a day and a half and that's because I put it down frequently to prolong the pleasure and the tension. This is a book you would basically read in one sitting. Besides the excitement, it is also a fairly educating book if you ever wonder how does a piece of swordfish end up in your plate. If you read this book and still remain unimpressed about a storm on the high-seas, fishermen and the Coast Guard, it is possible that you are missing a couple of chromosomes

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Summary: A perfect book about the perfect storm.
Review: You will never again, after reading Junger's book, take comfort in the fact that a particular storm or hurricane poses no threat to land. This book reminds us that there are sword boats like the Andrea Gail that remain at great risk long after we've ceased monitoring the forecast. The lives of people who earn their living at sea, the property of waves, the construction of shipping fleets, the physiology of drowning: in a nutshell, any subject related to the fate of the Andrea Gail gets covered in The Perfect Storm. I kept wishing that Junger would have provided more in the way of maps, diagrams, etc. Then again, I kept wishing that he had written a longer book. This a great gift book

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Summary: Facinated by storms & life & death struggles? A must read!
Review: I read seldom because of my eyes having last read The Hunt for Red October. I just now put down Sebastian Junger's, "The Perfect Storm". It was an absolutely gripping novel. Having always been a lover of bad weather, my favorite subject was skillfully put together by Mr. Junger with the real life and death struggles of men who have to work in peril on the sea. I was emotionally caught up in the peril of these seaman and the apparent hopelessness of their situation and even knowing the final outcome I could not put the book down