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Kook: What Surfing Taught Me About Love, Life, and Catching the Perfect Wave by Peter Heller
timothyneesam's review against another edition
5.0
46-year-old adventure writer Peter Heller gives himself six months to go from novice (or, 'kook') to skilled surfer ('shredder'), mostly along the coast of Mexico. This is a book about the joy of surfing, but it's also a book about relationships, particularly regarding Kim (the woman he marries), as well as his teachers and fellow surfers. Heller's a good writer (The Dog Stars remains a favourite of mine), as a narrator he's both likeable and self-aware (even when he's being a jerk), and I enjoyed the story he told. There are a few detours about how we are destroying our oceans and their inhabitants. Overall, it's a good read. Recommended.
michelle61's review against another edition
3.0
Not bad, but I much prefer the other titles I've read by Heller.
blonberg's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
lighthearted
slow-paced
2.75
I think pulling back the curtain on one of my very favorite fiction writers was a disappointment. I'll stick to his yarns in the future.
acsaper's review against another edition
3.0
A fun musing on love, life, and surfing. Who wouldn't want to take six months off to travel the coast of Mexico learning how to get barreled!?
dpgibbons's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5