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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson
6 reviews
rosa_lina96's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
What a book. Erik Larson is so skilled at writing nonfiction that sometimes it hardly seems real- it's gripping and full of details that would probably otherwise have been passed over, enough that it's hard for me to want to put down one of his books once I start reading. Though this one doesn't grip me quite as much as his others (I once stayed up far past my bedtime to finish Dead Wake even though I knew what was likely going to happen), it's still a compelling read about human arrogance and overconfidence in the face of Mother Nature-something which almost never ends well. It's also a fascinating look into how hurricanes form and move in the first place, even if the scientific jargon gets a bit hard to read at times. Definitely worth a read if you want to find out more about meteorology in general.
Graphic: Death of parent, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
mald626's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
vireogirl's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Such a devastating storm. Glad they’ve gotten better at predicting and protecting since then.
The details swung from too much to too little. For example, there was a very detailed map, but when I tried to look up places in it, they often weren’t there. And many places on it didn’t seem to appear in the book.
Another example is giving a date trajectory map of the hurricane but then referring to the day of the week instead of the date.
Overall I enjoyed it and the window into early 1900s life.
The details swung from too much to too little. For example, there was a very detailed map, but when I tried to look up places in it, they often weren’t there. And many places on it didn’t seem to appear in the book.
Another example is giving a date trajectory map of the hurricane but then referring to the day of the week instead of the date.
Overall I enjoyed it and the window into early 1900s life.
Moderate: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Death of parent
caribbeangirlreading's review
challenging
emotional
informative
tense
medium-paced
3.0
The first 30-40% of this audio just dragged. And then just like a Category 4 hurricane, the paced picked up FAST.
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal death
bhanson24's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.75
Moderate: Death, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail
heypretty52's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Death, Animal death, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism
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