A review by mikegray6
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

3.5

3.5. Starts off a bit slow but lots of interesting information about whaling and Nantucket in the early 1800s. I appreciated that the author didn't try to make the book longer than it needed to be. It is written a bit more matter of factly than other narrative nonfiction stories that I think are punched up for entertainment, but there is enough to follow that you'll still be itching to turn the page in the middle part of the book. Not anywhere near as good as Endurance about Shackleton but still a wild story.