It was a very nice book, I particularly liked the maritime language it contains. Some people might be bothered by the profanity, but it didn't bother me, I have read worse. The subject it deals with is quite common, but in this case, it was nicely written. The only negative thing in my opinion that deprived the book of five stars is the fact that in the first few pages it is quite confusing, there is literally a chaos of names, places, locations, and whatever else one can imagine. The landscape clears up of course after the first few chapters and you understand perfectly what is happening, but in the beginning, you have lost the ball.