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Forget the Movie/Read This

Reviewed: 12-01-24

Dan Carlin/Hardcore History said this was an excellent book. It is.

The movie was like “Um, they went out when they shouldn’t have…okay.” Sad but what else did they expect?

It is so much more. It’s a tapestry of history, the fishing industry’s culture, a place where minutes matter, grit, community, regulatory deficiency, risk, hope, and loss.

The details around weather occurrences and storms was so interesting and terrifying.

I’m so glad I read this.

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What a baby!

Reviewed: 11-26-24

There’s this thing now where people feel that everything needs to be public. And Harry is just a big selfish baby to embarrass everyone. We were all here watching Diana, we watched her dad cheat, we watched his uncle be a total tool, there’s nothing secret. Him rubbing everybody’s face in it just to get paid is not helpful.

He married someone that stirred up enough confidence in him that he decided to trash his whole family and get paid.

We all knew that he had problems. He made extremely poor decisions in the past, like when he dressed up like a Nazi, which was inappropriate on so many levels.

I think he had some sort of mental problem the whole entire time. I think it’s difficult being in that family in the current times we’re living in, but I don’t think this book helped heal or repair or make it easier for anyone.

And for him to whine and cry now because he’s on the outs is just another example of his poor judgment. Instead of naming this book Spare, it should have been titled Spite.

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This was so interesting

Reviewed: 11-04-24

Great read. It defines so many behaviors in ourselves and others with the “why did they do that?” It also clearly demonstrates the reasons why bad outcomes from repeated actions are hard to stop. But, you can with knowledge.

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Beautiful story..

Reviewed: 11-02-24

This is a beautiful story of determination and commitment. It’s respect for our history and lost loved ones, admitting what happened. And discovering along the way people who really care.

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Fun story

Reviewed: 10-30-24

Really well performed and well written and the end is a big surprise! This was a pretty unique story

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So compelling. I’m invested.

Reviewed: 10-28-24

This was so much excellent research. Lauren did amazing research. I admire her tenacity and skill in navigating this situation.

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Weird

Reviewed: 10-23-24

So at first, I thought wow this is insane. Then as you learn more about the author, t’s like okay …play with weird people, have weird things happen. She normalizes pretty outrageous stuff. Overall a good read, back in the early days of the Internet we were all more trusting. I am glad I ran across it—not a waste of time.

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So interesting!!

Reviewed: 10-09-24

I love the history that is all around us in New York. I remember that I wanted to stay at the Waldorf-Astoria and when I finally made it there, it was so great to experience that history. I really loved reading about the family and all the things they did. Like so many of them it just wasn’t sustainable for modern times but there’s a glimmer of them everywhere in New York. I appreciated reading this a lot.

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Excellent research on this complicated family

Reviewed: 09-29-24

I really appreciated this story because it’s such a strange family. It’s so interesting how they all just isolated themselves in so many ways and developed many strange habits across the whole group of them. I felt so sad for Georgie and her sisters. But even John was so bizarre, he never really got to enjoy life.

The thing about the whole family is they had so much wealth they could’ve had amazing experiences and helped so many others and done many many things but they just lived so small in the saddest way.

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The Pain of Being

Reviewed: 09-17-24

This was a very poignant view into what makes Darrell, Darrell. He’s wickedly funny and weaves such horrific experiences throughout. I’m glad he was able to kill the monster.

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