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nachocab's review against another edition
4.0
Fascinating, but it should have an accompanying website with diagrams and illustrations.
myrto229's review against another edition
3.0
I read this because, although I have been surrounded by news of the BP oil spill due to my location in Louisiana, I have never read a start to finish account of the whys and hows of this disaster.
It was very readable, and was a very thorough start-to-finish account, starting with the building of the Horizon rig in Korea, and continuing up through the explosions and rescue of the survivors. The epilogue finishes off the biographies of a few of the main characters in the book.
The end of the book is in fact the only bad thing about it. The book ends oddly and abruptly, as though the last chapter was submitted at the very print deadline, and there was no time to add any more.
Anyway, recommended if you're looking for a quick, readable account of the 2010 Gulf oil disaster.
It was very readable, and was a very thorough start-to-finish account, starting with the building of the Horizon rig in Korea, and continuing up through the explosions and rescue of the survivors. The epilogue finishes off the biographies of a few of the main characters in the book.
The end of the book is in fact the only bad thing about it. The book ends oddly and abruptly, as though the last chapter was submitted at the very print deadline, and there was no time to add any more.
Anyway, recommended if you're looking for a quick, readable account of the 2010 Gulf oil disaster.
bowdiesgirl's review
Could not get into it. Paralleled the movie, which is good but I wasn't getting any new information.
cait's review
3.0
This book had some very definite pros & cons. While the author was very obviously highly educated on the topic & had put in A TON of in-depth research, I found that some explanations of parts & how they worked were a bit long-winded, especially when it came to how important those detailed descriptions were to my understanding of what happened aboard the Event Horizon.
This story, like the other nonfiction book I've read this year, was super dedicated to sharing every detail, even when the details maybe weren't absolutely necessary.
As indicated by my status updates, the middle of this book was difficult for me to get through. I may have felt differently if I worked in the industry or was mechanically minded, but as a curious reader who just wanted to learn about the 2010 oil disaster, I was dazed, confused, & bored out of my mind.
That being said, the ending of this story was everything I'd hoped it would be: Fast-paced, sad, scary, & shocking. It didn't matter what the "mud" was made out of or what DROPS stood for, all that mattered was what went wrong, how it could have been prevented, & what happened as a result.
Condolences to the families still struggling in the aftermath of this horrible accident & much gratitude to the author for sharing with the world just how many failsafes failed in a row & allowed this to happen. When you put profits over maintenance & money over safety, your priorities are wrong & bad things happen.
This story, like the other nonfiction book I've read this year, was super dedicated to sharing every detail, even when the details maybe weren't absolutely necessary.
As indicated by my status updates, the middle of this book was difficult for me to get through. I may have felt differently if I worked in the industry or was mechanically minded, but as a curious reader who just wanted to learn about the 2010 oil disaster, I was dazed, confused, & bored out of my mind.
That being said, the ending of this story was everything I'd hoped it would be: Fast-paced, sad, scary, & shocking. It didn't matter what the "mud" was made out of or what DROPS stood for, all that mattered was what went wrong, how it could have been prevented, & what happened as a result.
Condolences to the families still struggling in the aftermath of this horrible accident & much gratitude to the author for sharing with the world just how many failsafes failed in a row & allowed this to happen. When you put profits over maintenance & money over safety, your priorities are wrong & bad things happen.
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