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A review by teaxmillions
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo
5.0
I saw this book as I was scanning over my school's library towards the end of the school year last year, and I was immediately intrigued by the cover (which I love, by the way). I find sharks and ships and most anything about the ocean interesting, so I immediately wanted to read it. However, the end of the school year was approaching so I tucked this book away in my "to-read" pile and waited.
The school year has started up again and this was my first pick that I knew I wanted to read when I was drifting through the bookshelves.
The way this book was written had me constantly engaged in the material, which doesn't often happen when I read non-fiction books. Often I find myself drifting into daydreams. Not so with this book. It was filled with the action of shark attacks and interesting descriptions of how life was like at the time and what a frenzy the shark put in the human race after attacking people.
I don't think I've ever "oh-no'd" so much during a book than in this one in my entire life. I'd get the feeling that this person that the author had been describing was going to die (and I was usually right) and I'd just whisper "oh no" to myself and continue reading. The deaths were made even worse because I knew that they were real events that happened. It really brought home how terrible the idea of death by an animal attack really is, when there's barely anything there to bring home to the distraught family.
Honestly, I think this book is a good choice if you ever just want to read about interesting aspects of history, because this is definitely one of them.
The school year has started up again and this was my first pick that I knew I wanted to read when I was drifting through the bookshelves.
The way this book was written had me constantly engaged in the material, which doesn't often happen when I read non-fiction books. Often I find myself drifting into daydreams. Not so with this book. It was filled with the action of shark attacks and interesting descriptions of how life was like at the time and what a frenzy the shark put in the human race after attacking people.
I don't think I've ever "oh-no'd" so much during a book than in this one in my entire life. I'd get the feeling that this person that the author had been describing was going to die (and I was usually right) and I'd just whisper "oh no" to myself and continue reading. The deaths were made even worse because I knew that they were real events that happened. It really brought home how terrible the idea of death by an animal attack really is, when there's barely anything there to bring home to the distraught family.
Honestly, I think this book is a good choice if you ever just want to read about interesting aspects of history, because this is definitely one of them.