Rating: 
Summary: Enjoyable, but keep the lights on....
Review: This book was fascinating for me. I'm a 'snake-a-phobe', so the few pages about the actual bites were extremely nail-biting and I could relate to the author since he shares a similar fear. The book was also very informative in that specifics for each species were detailed...However, I thought the book was slightly drawn out....I found myself slipping away while Seal eloquently describes non-relevant information and settings.... Also, I agree with some of the other reviewers that the choppy format leads to some difficult reading as you had to remember where he last left off (America,Africa,Austrialia,India) or flip back to reset the stage. Overall a good+ book. IMHO, would've been GREAT; if he would have included more snakebite substance and backseated the vividness and all the non-related and adjective rich 'book fat'.
Rating:
Summary: Creepy, but a bit disjointed
Review: Those who either love snakes or are scared to death of them will be enthralled by Jeremy Seal's travels in search of survivors who've been bitten by the world's deadliest snakes. Seal's adventures take him to Africa in search of survivors of the notorious Black Mamba, to India in search of the King Cobra, to Austrailia which has the world's deadliest snake in the Taipan and to Appalachian U.S., where Holiness Church members handle live rattlesnakes as part of their services. The most memorable sequences are the horrifying experience of a preacher's wife whose husband tried to murder her by forcing her to put her hands in a rattlesnake cage and the graphic descriptions of the effects of Taipan poison as recounted by a lucky survivor. The only knock on the book is that Seal chooses to break each segment up into about five parts which are interspersed throughout the book. This makes the stories sometimes hard to follow. Nevertheless, it is compelling reading that might have you checking under your bed before turning out the light at night.
Rating:
Summary: Creepy, but a bit disjointed
Review: Those who either love snakes or are scared to death of them will be enthralled by Jeremy Seal's travels in search of survivors who've been bitten by the world's deadliest snakes. Seal's adventures take him to Africa in search of survivors of the notorious Black Mamba, to India in search of the King Cobra, to Austrailia which has the world's deadliest snake in the Taipan and to Appalachian U.S., where Holiness Church members handle live rattlesnakes as part of their services. The most memorable sequences are the horrifying experience of a preacher's wife whose husband tried to murder her by forcing her to put her hands in a rattlesnake cage and the graphic descriptions of the effects of Taipan poison as recounted by a lucky survivor. The only knock on the book is that Seal chooses to break each segment up into about five parts which are interspersed throughout the book. This makes the stories sometimes hard to follow. Nevertheless, it is compelling reading that might have you checking under your bed before turning out the light at night.
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