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Title: Fantastic tale that is poorly written
Review: I was very eager to read this book because of the wonderful survival story, but from the beginning pages I was hopelessly lost in the tedius, and often boring details of this journal-like writing. * too much detail of latitude and longitude - without a map you have no idea what's going on * too many "technical' terms used - the author assumes the reader knows all about boats, the sea, etc. * dates were given, but sometimes they were not chronological - what's happening when? * poor character development It's obvious Shackleton is not a writer, and too bad, because his story is really intriguing.
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