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Title: Disappointing read
Review: With all the hype over how great this book is, I was expecting a bang-up, well-written read that would transport me into the middle of a whistling, blowing storm, and subject me to the whistle and force of the 100-mph winds and the driving, horizontal rain (believe me, I went thru a few hurricanes myself). I was truly disappointed. The first half started out as a very well-written, engaging read about the lives of working-class Massachusetts fishermen who depend on the sea to make ends meet. But as the book progressed, it bogged down into repetitive, technical minutiae about the many different ways of going through a mega-storm. I could never feel connected with the characters in this book, especially those who went through the awful experience of a storm such as this. At the end, I came away with an empty feeling about this book.
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