A Captain's Duty

This story is astonishing. What an incredible read. Fast paced and incredibly moving. Really gives you a personal view of such a devastating time in a mans life. So thankful for Captain Phillips’ rescue. This is a definite must read!

This is a fantastic book although there are many sware words good to watch the movie before reading the book so you can visualize what’s happening i would give this book 5 stars if there weren’t much sware words but it makes the story more intense

He is very brave

Excellent book. Could not put it down. Well written and being an airline Captain, I have great respect for our seagoing Captains.

I read this book immediately after I viewed the film Captain Phillips. The book is well written, informative, personal. I especially enjoyed the chapters that deal with the author's family and how they survived the ordeal. Great book!

Even tho I saw the movie first, it still had me hooked

I saw the movie and had a lot of unanswered questions, primarily Captain Phillips feelings about his captors. They did a good job in the film of making them a bit more flawed humans instead of just flat out bad guys. I liked that. The book fills in those blanks and what I found different than the film was surprising but not for the reasons you would think. I'm struck by the choices the director made to compress time and keep things moving at a certain pace and to retain tension. Though some things are different, the spirit is there. Particularly the end of the film. They compressed all that raw emotion of his time after his rescue and return home into one moment. I liked that too. But I'm glad I know the whole story now. There's a humanity to Captain Philips that is also compressed in the film but needed to be fleshed out for me to connect with this ordeal in a more tangible way. I am especially proud of our country and men / women in uniform. That they would put so much toward the rescue of a single citizen makes me glad I'm born here. It's just an accident of birth that I'm an American and not Somali. There but by the grace of God... I'm particularly proud of our president and the SEALS. I camped on the beach where they trained for a month. I camped for a month, not that they... I'm sure they trained for more than a month. My respect for them went through the roof. Not just because of how hard they train and their dedication, but also because after a full night of training and exhaustion, they took time to help a woman get her truck unstuck from the sand. Its easy to forget who we are in this age of polarization and petty squabbling. It's these stories that remind us we are one family...even the crazy uncle with the odd mole growing out his nose. Excellent story and well worth the read.

I found this to be an excellent story by Captain Phillips. It is well written and details life as merchant mariner and ship life. The book inspires one to never give up ,and it illustrates the dedication and selflessness of a true sea captain. I highly recommend this book for persons who respect honor,integrity, and perseverance.

This book is very inspirational. And to Captain Richard Phillips i appreciate all of his courage to write such an amazing book like this. It takes a lot of courage to write about something that was very catastrophic as this event was to Captain Richard Phillips. Tim

The movie was nice but when I searched in wikipedia about him, his crew he wasnt being a hero :( meh nevermind atleast it was nice