Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free

from Carolee888

Hearing Deep Down Dark (audio version) by Hector Tobar is amazing emotional experience. It runs through almost all emotions that man can experience. You are afraid with the miners, despondent, exhilarated, lighthearted, fearing, surprised, impressed, and inspired. This is the true story of the 33...

from MelanieTid

 For the record I hate that my copy of the book has had not only the cover, but the title changed to reflect the upcoming movie. Now on to the review... The writing is very similar to case studies I've read about other disasters (ERs during major Hurricanes, causes of the Macondo well blow-out) i...

from gbelik

The 33 Chilean miners chose Hector Tobar to tell their story and he does a marvelous job for them. He makes the story so much more real by focusing on more than just the cohesiveness and courage they were known for. He tells of their fears and privations in the 17 days before contact was made wit...

from Maydacat

It may not be easy to take thirty-three different lives and write about them in a cohesive narrative that is both informative and spellbinding, but that is exactly what author Hector Tobar managed to do. Little by little, the story of these men, trapped in a mine in Chile, comes to life on the pa...

from Schmerguls

5267. Deep Down Dark The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free, by Hector Tobar (read 15 Apr 2015) This book is a riveting book which at times affected me emotionally. The account of the drill finally reaching the entrapped miners I found stupendous...