text: Just published and already a best seller , The Perfect Storm is said to be thrilling--a boat ride into and ( for us ) out of a watery hell ( Anthony Bailey , the New York Times Book Review ) . Reviews cite the book 's It combines a lucid explanation of the storm 's complex meteorology , gritty descriptions of sailor bars and , most compellingly , a reconstruction of the ship 's final minutes .
  
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  The Perfect Storm performed poorly and suffered immensely in the reviews .