The Last Dive
A Father and Son's Fatal Descent into the Ocean's Depths

If you have not read Shadow Divers and are planning on it, read this book second. If you don't do it that way, you have to read a very brief, depressing version of the deaths all over again. I love that they have some decent books about scuba diving out there. This book makes you see everything they......more

Adventure’s Risks Author Bernie Chowdhury wrote an interesting book detailing not only his own adventures and perils with diving into overhead environments, but also the stories of Chris and Chrissy Rouse who died on a diving expedition. This story introduces you to the worlds of cave and wreck diving......more

An interesting story, but the book contained far too much filler. At it's best, it provided a compelling human drama which it set in the context of the advances in diving of the time. However, it was amazing how often the author veered off into telling stories about himself instead of the Rouses. He......more

One gets the impression reading this book that if they hadn't died in 1992 they would have in 93,94,95,96..... It's an interesting read but the author tries a bit too hard to put deep meaning into what is essentially a suicidal hobby to collect plates. Less people die in a Stephen King novel. Really......more

This whole book can be summarized as "toxic masculinity ruins the party again." The author is almost comically obtuse.......more