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(More customer reviews)Overall a good book, great research; author's obviously taken the time to interview the relatives of the crew aboard the ARCTIC ROSE.
As far as the writing went--it seemed to take Kugiya some time to settle down between present and past tenses early in the book which was irritating and took away from the rhythm of his writing. Also, he spent far too much time with the history of Dutch Harbor and the brothers of the captain of the ROSE (why, I kept wondering, and skipping as I read).
What I will agree with PW with is this: he could have done with a more diligent editor at Bloomsbury, someone who was able to take apart all this copious material and research and put it together more cohesively--I don't expect the author to know how to do this (he would be too intimate with the work) but it certainly is the editor's job.
Will not agree with PW regarding Kugiya's use of language--I found his turn of phrases refreshing and entertaining, not overworked. He certainly knows how to creatively use language even if he is writing a book of non-fiction.
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