A review by ghoulishcrypt
Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson

3.5

I was really excited to get to this as natural disasters have always intrigued me. But, I probably should have paid attention to the subtitle and realised that I would be getting more than the storm. As for the actual storm it doesn’t arrive until the 65% mark. Which is not what I thought going into this book. There was also a word used that made me clock this book as being released in the early 2010s (or prior) that happened around the 70% mark.

If I hadn’t expected the book to be mainly about the storm I mostly likely would of enjoyed this more. It focuses a lot on flaws made during this time by humans and serves as a warning. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Pregnancy and Injury/Injury detail