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alcyon_alcyon's review against another edition
4.0
Would be a fine read, except that it is a pale shadow of the wonderful "C" by Tom McCarthy, which deals with science and discovery during the first world war. Needs more character development and less laborious mentions of turbulence as a scientific subject.
nigelbrown's review
3.0
Should have been a four star, but the incredible amount of information could only be deciphered by an expert in this field. Interesting story, reasonably well told, bogged down with a desire to show off the authors ability to absorb the meteorological data garnered whilst researching this book.
greerd's review
3.0
2.5 stars.
There was so much in this book that would have been more interesting than what Foden actually wrote about. Habbakuk (version 1 or 2)? The science of peace? The discovery of the rhesus factor and its role in miscarriages? Lev the mine-hunting sealion?
Instead, Foden chose to write about a sexually frustrated, socially awkward, white male academic, with a smattering of ill-explained meteorology. The narrative jumps around from present to past (WW2) to even further past (Meadows' childhood in colonial Africa) with the turbulence of the title, making it much more difficult to read than it needed to be.
Yawn.
There was so much in this book that would have been more interesting than what Foden actually wrote about. Habbakuk (version 1 or 2)? The science of peace? The discovery of the rhesus factor and its role in miscarriages? Lev the mine-hunting sealion?
Instead, Foden chose to write about a sexually frustrated, socially awkward, white male academic, with a smattering of ill-explained meteorology. The narrative jumps around from present to past (WW2) to even further past (Meadows' childhood in colonial Africa) with the turbulence of the title, making it much more difficult to read than it needed to be.
Yawn.
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