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Full disclosure--I didn't finish this book. I got to about 100 pages and realized I just didn't care. Junger makes this too impersonal--he jumps around too much, he makes too many sailing references that I didn't even bother to try to get--for what it is. This story, and these men, deserved better.

jcarsrud's review against another edition

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5.0

Shane and I read this years ago aloud to each other before audiobooks were popular and it was fun to listen to it again possibly 25 years later. This is an exciting non fiction story that tells about fishing and how stressful this job can be.

kellyxmen's review against another edition

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1.0

DNF and will not be forcing myself to ("F"inish, I mean).

The book is advertised as the tale of one specific incidence, and instead, it goes into this long history about fishing.

I wanted to experience a visceral reenactment of being caught in this dangerous storm, but was instead subjected to fishing trivia.

Maybe he got to describing what I came to read but, I lost the patience to wade through all the other paragraphs.

The book might as well be called "The History of Contemporary Fishing: A Truly Dangerous Ordeal".

**

UPDATE:

I went back in, navigated via the "Table of Contents" to the correct chapter in which all the answers to my expectations would've lied.

I got what I came to get, but not from the author himself, and I still find the book mostly boring.

katiekuse's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

emilyrbedwell's review against another edition

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4.0

I am currently about 3/4 of the way through this book, but enjoying it greatly. It's a hard story, especially once you realize it's true, but still powerful.

stephend's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

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