from nobooksnolife

There is no question that [Time Bandit] finds an eager audience among the fans of the American TV show "Deadliest Catch," but I was pleasantly surprised to find that the book stands up well on its own as an entertaining and informative read. The brothers Hillstrand have a pirate's lode of great f...

from Omakase

Just finished reading this book as part of the Early Readers program and I must say I have mixed feelings about it. The book (in print only because of the popularity of "The Deadliest Catch" on Discovery) is essentially a series of anecdotal stories about growing up in a fisherman's family and li...

from readafew

I received this book from Library Thing's Early Reviewer program. This was the 3rd book I've gotten and by far the best one. The story mostly from the point of view of Johnathan Hillstrand, with a couple shifts to his brother Andy and their friend Russel. I really like how the story unfolds, We a...

from pioneercynthia

Ok, let's be honest. I've been fishing, I've eaten crab, and I can find the Bering Sea on a map. This would be the only things I have in common with the authors of this book, and probably most of the people who might read it. Not the best qualifications for a reviewer, one might think. But here I...

from kgduke

I was excited to receive this book as an Early Review, but was sorely disappointed. The writing is disjointed, tangential, and crass. I was almost embarrassed for Johnathan as he recounted his love affairs with women and alcohol. The language was over-colloquial with contractions, expletives, and...