A review by lah_reads
Close to Shore: The Terrifying Shark Attacks of 1916 by Michael Capuzzo

3.0

The subject matter of this book was interesting, but I found the writing a bit dry and grew frustrated with the way the author hopped timelines to ramble about the 1800s or the 1950s before returning to the period the book was supposed to be focused on. It was very distracting from the account of the 1916 shark attacks that was the main focus of the book. There was also a tendancy to introduce a new person by giving their full history up to 1916 along with their future endeavors (essentially, a brief account of their entire life story), sometimes spending several pages to describe who they were, often only to have them appear just once or twice throughout the book. I did enjoy some portions of the book, and especially appreciated the sections that described the behaviors of sharks and why the experts believe they do the things they do, but I was over all a bit disappointed that this one didn't have the level of excitement that I was expecting.