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A review by rushxsoubi
Aquanaut by Rick Stanton
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Great story, and although im not interested in caving whatsoever, I enjoyed learning about all Ricks adventures. His own life was as interesting as the rescue.
To be honest, I live under a rock and had no idea of how the story ends. So I was at the edge of my seat reading for the first time how the story unfolded.
What I did not enjoy about this book is the diverse number of people, titles, and committees mentioned. It was hard to keep track of everyone. At the end of the book, I was confused about who was who. I understand that this is Rick's memoir and certainly to people interested in Caving, many names may be familiar. I am not necessarily the target reader. Aside from that, the random emails interpersed were hard to follow.
I found the ending to not be well written. The foreshadowing was done in a confusing way as it had already happened.
All that being said, I am critiquing the writing and not the story because Rick lived such an adventurous life, and im happy he decided in the end to share it with the world.
To be honest, I live under a rock and had no idea of how the story ends. So I was at the edge of my seat reading for the first time how the story unfolded.
What I did not enjoy about this book is the diverse number of people, titles, and committees mentioned. It was hard to keep track of everyone. At the end of the book, I was confused about who was who. I understand that this is Rick's memoir and certainly to people interested in Caving, many names may be familiar. I am not necessarily the target reader. Aside from that, the random emails interpersed were hard to follow.
I found the ending to not be well written. The foreshadowing was done in a confusing way as it had already happened.
All that being said, I am critiquing the writing and not the story because Rick lived such an adventurous life, and im happy he decided in the end to share it with the world.