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Summary: The review of In The Heart of the Sea
Review: The story In the Heart of the Sea is about a whale boat named the Essex. The story takes place on the boat. In the beginning of the story it tells you the History of the Island named Nantucket. Early in the Islands history the Island was supposed to be a place to herd Livestock. Every year whales came to there Island because it was were they naturally migrated. So a man decide to hunt these whales. The whales he hunted were Right Whales. The whale was called this because it had good oil so this is how the Island became a whaling Island. Then one day a whaling ship killed a Sperm Whale. This whale had more and better oil so the Island started to hunt these whales. The journeys the whalers took to hunt these whales first lasted from 6-9 months then they lasted from 3-4 years. The whaleship Essex had a crew of about 20-25. This ship traveled from Nantucket which is off the coast of Boston, Massachusetts to down and around South America up past the Galapagos Islands. Then about a 1000 miles of the coast of the Galapagos Islands the ship was rammed by a Sperm Whale. This is the first recorded case of a whale ramming a ship. All the men got off the boat and onto the lifeboats. They had a long and tough journey to get to South America. A few men die but the rest of them make it South America alive. The people that died on the way to South America were eaten by the other crew members in order to survive the Journey.
After you read a the summary of the book that I wrote you should want to read it. I wanted to read it because it was a exciting adventure book. I like most people love great adventure stories. So if you like exciting stories you should read this one.
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Summary: Disturbing
Review: Skip Moby Dick and go right to the source with this book. Philbrick's well researched details are amazing. There is a bit of set up involving the history of Nantuckett but once the initial tragedy strikes, things become increasingly interesting - and more terrifying.
Because this is a true story it is as scary as any horror novel out there.
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Summary: Read it aloud - in one sitting! Riveted!
Review: My boyfriend and I were on an 8 hour car trip and I had picked up this book out of curiosity. I started to read a passage to him that I enjoyed, and before I knew it, I was reading the ENTIRE book to him--we finished it on the drive! We even read it during our pitstops, we were so into it. Now, we are not sailing buffs--...-so I was surprised that I enjoyed this so much. Truly, folks--the disbelief this book leaves you with is priceless. One of the aspects I enjoy the most is that the author has obviously done his homework and lets you in on what these people SHOULD have done...and then tells you what they actually DID... These men were, in every way, to put it eloquently, extremely SCREWED. We found it almost hilarious, though a little grotesque at times. :p This is NO Shackleton expedition...THOSE boys all came out of it ALIVE............ Read it!
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Summary: Powerful story!
Review: I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. It's the true story of the 19th century whaleship that was attacked and sunk by a sperm whale, and the 93-day ordeal of the crew fighting to survive (most didn't) in the three small whaleboats. (And of course, the book "Moby-Dick" was in part based on this event.) I thought the author did a fantastic job of telling the story, and while doing so injected bits of relevant history and science that helps the reader better understand the story and its context. It got me interested in doing additional reading on the whaling industry. (And who knows. . . maybe I'll be able to visit Nantucket someday!)
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Summary: A Really Incredible Journey
Review: This is a fascinating book about how people cope with adversity. The adversity doesn't begin with the sinking of the Essex after being rammed by a whale. It begins almost as soon as the Essex left port months before. Of course after the sinking the going really got tough and eventually survivors were reduced to cannibalism. Although the book is noted for all of that, the author doesn't get the credit he deserves for his complete depiction of the life and times of the people engaged in the whale industry, the industry itself and the community that they left behind. This study of the New England whaling as personified by the officers and crew of the Essex as well as their families waiting at home, the internal politics of their day to day life and how they dealt not only with the challange of survival after being sunk by a whale but also the challenge of the remainder of their lives is really masterful.
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Summary: I Loved this book
Review: This book is a must have for anyone looking for a good history based novel about whaling. The author is very thurough and does a fantastic job telling this story.
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Summary: Captivating!
Review: One of the best books I've read in a very long time. The author Nathaniel Philbrick does an absolutely superb job narrating the tragic tale of the whaleship Essex; not only does he give you an up close view of the ordeal the stranded sailors went through but he also gives a detailed (and interesting) look into the whaling business as well as life on the island of Nantucket in the late 1800s. From beginning to end I was caught up in the story, it would be a true shame if "In the Heart of the Sea" doesn't become a classic and the story of the Essex's crew becomes lost once more in the mists of time.
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Summary: Wow! Definitely Read this Book
Review: I listened to this book on my long drives home from work. It was almost disappointing to arrive in my driveway. This beautiful piece of work inspired me to read more historic adventures. Many of the books I have read since were very good but none has compared to the tale, writing, and delivery of In The Heart of the Sea. I recommend this book to you and everyone I know.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: One of the best and most interesting books I have ever read. I highly recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: To many comparisons for a real story
Review: You can't tell is a great story when the story is real, here the writer tells us a real story and he writes things to compare the reality of that story with other stories, if you are writing a real story you don't have to compare it with anything, just tell the story and that's it.
In the other hand your will read many times that it was a sunny day, then a rainy day, the a storm day, you just get tired of reading the same in all the chapters.
In the main story you will learn that when happened a human tragedy, this tragedy is because were made several errors, not just one, and that was what happened to this crew.
For ME, the last chapter is the epilogue and the epilogue doesn't have to be written.
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