Christine G. (Cricket) reviewed on 6/8/2008 + 69 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 6

Jonathan Hillstrand is out alone fishing when suddenly he loses all power in his boat and finds himself drifting out to sea without any way to contact the outside world. As he drifts he along he is left alone with his thoughts and begins reminscing about his adventures while growing up with the Bering Sea, as well as adventures as co-captian of his family fishing vessel, the Time Bandit. Meanwhile, back in Indiana his brother Andy Hillstrand has received news that his brother may be missing at sea. While Andy waits to hear news of his brother, he also thinks back to all their adventures together as crab fisherman... the world's deadliest job.

I'm not so sure how much of this book was actually written by the two brothers. While I believe all the stories are from them, I'm not sure they were actually the ones who wrote the book and phrased it all so eloquently. While I enjoyed this book, I found myself distracted by that. Having watched the show The Deadliest Catch, and by some of the stories told in the book, I just didn't feel the book really captured the story the way the brothers would really say it.
Aside from that, I was pleasantly surprised to find the book wasn't just boring detail after detail about fishing. There was a lot more story telling than I was expecting. I liked having some insight into their childhood and other aspects of their lives outside of fishing. While I believe the two brothers are excellent story tellers, I have a feeling that Malcom Macpherson guy had much more to do with the wording than the brothers themselves. I'm sure if I had never watched the show, this fact wouldn't bug me so much, but for some reason it does.

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