42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:  Nothing of substance here..., January 2, 2009 This review is from: Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die: Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations (Hardcover) I bought this for my husband for Christmas. We're avid divers, and I thought it would a book that would inspire us to travel to different places to dive. I found nothing of substance here- not a lot of detail about either the places or pictures that would inspire someone to travel to these places. Save your money... Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?  
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:  A fun book for a cold day, January 13, 2009 This review is from: Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die: Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations (Hardcover) I thoroughly enjoyed this book and read it cover to cover within 2 days. It's a fast read. Each dive site gets about a 2 and 1/2 page description (some destinations get slightly more) with a dive expert giving a brief vignette on some of the highlights they have encountered at the site. The sites range from novice-friendly to much more complicated (for example, the first site listed is in Antarctica... not exactly luxury warm weather diving!!), but there is enough here to entertain divers of all levels. If you are looking for an in depth analysis of a dive site, this probably isnt the right book for you. The descriptions are just too brief to use the book for that purpose. But if you're just looking for ideas... or if you have a particular large sea creature you are dying to sea (i.e. mola molas, humpbacks, various shark species), the book does a good job of pointing out places where you are more-likely to encounter them. It also hits on dive spots where the macro life... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:  mostly advertising, no real images, March 17, 2011 This review is from: Fifty Places to Dive Before You Die: Diving Experts Share the World's Greatest Destinations (Hardcover) This book consists of 50 "experts" writing 2-3 short pages on their favorite dive spots... there's no single expert or guiding hand in terms of picking the places, it's random. There's one photo per section and they seem to be stock images for the most part, mostly set above the water line... girl lying on beach, girl seen from above snorkelling, whale's tail as it dives etc. Some of the experts really ARE experts, like Stan Waterman, but many others are simply people who own dive shops and... surprise!... recommend their top spot as the place their dive shop services. There are even a few who are clearly simply flogging their dive safari/specialized trips. You're paying an awful lot for a book with no original images which basically consists of advertising. Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? | 
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