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A review by writerrhiannon
The Book of Atlantis Black: The Search for a Sister Gone Missing by Betsy Bonner
2.0
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
This book was a selection in this year's (virtual) Book Expo Publicist Speed Dating--always my favorite event. The blend of true crime and memoir with allusions to cover ups and conspiracies really caught my attention. Readers are given insight into one family's struggle with mental illness, the spiral of drug abuse by an aspiring musician, and a sister's attempt to make sense of it all. Bonner presents a jumble of questions without any answers, leaving readers just as unmoored as she is from her sister's death (?). Intriguing and heartbreaking, this ode to a sister was likely cathartic but I found it lacking clarification and the author's actions/inactions extremely frustrating.
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This book was a selection in this year's (virtual) Book Expo Publicist Speed Dating--always my favorite event. The blend of true crime and memoir with allusions to cover ups and conspiracies really caught my attention. Readers are given insight into one family's struggle with mental illness, the spiral of drug abuse by an aspiring musician, and a sister's attempt to make sense of it all. Bonner presents a jumble of questions without any answers, leaving readers just as unmoored as she is from her sister's death (?). Intriguing and heartbreaking, this ode to a sister was likely cathartic but I found it lacking clarification and the author's actions/inactions extremely frustrating.
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