The Great Hurricane: 1938
by Cherie Burns
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Author: Cherie BurnsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-06-05
ISBN: 0802142540
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Grove Press
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Book Review: A major disapointment
Summary: 2 Stars
This book has a lot of potential but it just isn't very well written. It starts off well enough with background stories about main characters who we assume will be followed as the storm progresses. But things get bad quickly as the author adds new character after new character without following up on them. For the life of me I could not keep up with these characters because they dropped in and out of the story without warning. I found myself skipping ahead constantly because these stories were not interesting.
The theme of the book seems to be that without modern technology storms were more dangerous. We're all well aware that the lack of information technology contributed to many needless deaths during a number of early storms in the history of this country. Do we need to hear this point repeated over and over? What I wanted was more a more in depth explanation of the storms formation and how it grew stronger. What I got was superlative statements like about the storm sneaking up on unsuspecting people and pounding them with the 'wrath of God'. Statements like that are repeated throughout the story. After a while I wanted to have a scientific explanation of what the 'wrath of God' means.
And the book seems long for what it's trying to accomplish. This entire story could have been shortened to at least half. Probably should have been a story in Redbook or Reader's Digest.
Not recommended for those who want to gain an understanding of the true power of a hurricane. 2 stars and I'm being generous.
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