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Title: A terrifying book that must be read to be believed
Review: I asked my father if he could recommend an interesting read and he handed me this book. Starting out as leisurely stroll through the history of the Gloucester coast and the daily comings and goings of professional fishermen, page by page The Perfect Storm becomes an increasingly tense and unsettling recreation of the tragedy that befell the crew of a small fishing vessel during one of the worst storms in recorded history. Although Junger takes the occasional unwelcome diversion into history and technical description, his book is genuinely frightening - the journey through the physical sensation of drowning is particularly disturbing - but most of all, it is very sad. The coda is some of the most hauting writing I have ever read. Stick through the difficult stuff and you'll be richly rewarded.
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