A review by lyricallit
Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America by Jim Murphy

2.0

This book seems to have rave reviews, but I for one just thought it was okay. I'm always on the hunt for interesting nonfiction, and I usually find it in historical accounts. This was entertaining enough, and I wouldn't use a stronger adjective than that. I wasn't captivated or gripped by the account, perhaps in part because it is nearly unfathomable to me to imagine snow drifts up to a second-story window; I have lived in the south most of my life and had a hard time wrapping my head around colossal snow mounds. There was also the issue of characters; we barely knew them: there were a few times he returned to tell of a character's fate, and I was surprised because I had completely forgotten about that person. The tension didn't hold, apparently. Fascination, yes. Tension, no. It was a fast read, all in all, and a neat little tidbit of history to have under my belt.