A review by geve_
Fatal Forecast: An Incredible True Tale of Disaster and Survival at Sea by Michael J. Tougias

3.0

Really interesting storm and survival story, but didn't really love the writing or formatting of the book itself. There were far too many uninteresting tangents, and I am one who LOVES maritime and weather related minutiae. There was even a short section about sharks present in the north atlantic, and how some of them have been known to bite people who aren't wearing blue, but then there were no actual sharks in the story itself, so that kinda felt like filler. Also don't love that the author chose to continue to repeat a very obvious falsehood of the Essex crew seeing a shark the same size as the whale that took out their boat. yeah, not a lot of sharks the same size as a fucking sperm whale (50+ feet) that is big enough to take out a whole ass whaling ship. Why even put that in here? There are no sharks in this story, nor are there whales, nor is this story about the Essex. Now I'm going on an unrelated shark tangent. Sorry.

Anyways, it was an ok read, not my tops, but honestly, still serviceable book about a survival at sea.