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Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro 3 1/2 stars rounded down

In October 2015, the container ship El Faro sailed into hurricane Joaquin. Joaquin grew into one of the worst storms in the history of Atlantic weather. 33 lives were gone in instant.

Rachel Slade, an investigative journalist, took on a story that should have held me captive. I love non-fiction, and this type of book is one of my favorite genres. Instead, I found myself finishing it only out of respect for the families who lost their love ones in this disaster.
here's why:

Instead of sticking to the meat of the story, Slade wander's off into the history of, not just container shipping, but all ships. She meanders in weather and wind, where in IMO, she did not have the knowledge to go and so had some weather geek help her. I am not a science person, and frankly neither she is. It is too bad, because this book could have been, should have been at least 4 stars from me. Had she only done what she does best, and tell the story of the men and women aboard that ship.

The author has not totally alienated me. Should she write another book, I would give her another chance. If you are a science person, you may like this more than I.