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Craig Offman’s criticisms of Eric Larson’s Issac’s Storm, while no doubt grounded in logic and sound reasoning, ring hollow for Larson’s intended readers. Issac’s Storm, while based upon a true event takes some creative liberties that Offman takes note of such as whether the hurricane was a category 4 or 5, with Larson directly responding that while it was “officially a 4”, Larson’s research made him believe that it was actually a 5 (Offman). I wholeheartedly agree with raldritch25’s post “Drawing an Audience” which he also notes how Offman’s criticisms seem in the grand scheme of things to not really matter at all. I agree with raldtrich that there are better things to critique, but in Offman’s defense I believe he is trying to analyze Issac’s Storm from a more logical, realistic perspective but I would argue that Larson’s book is not meant to be completely accurate and free of factual errors, but rather an engaging read, filled with twists and turns that most nonfiction writers strive to make in their works. If one would look at Issac’s Storm from a perspective of someone who has no formal background in meteorology, then it would reason that in their eyes they would have greatly enjoyed reading Larson’s work. It’s all about perspectives when trying to analyze or review a book that is based off of real events or a true story, and while I don’t believe that Craig Offman is wrong per se, his perspective is one that is different than the intended readers of Issac’s Storm.