A review by rosa_lina96
Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson

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. 
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