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A review by c8_19
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
4.0
I enjoy sports biographies. I also enjoy history. This was a great mash-up of the two, with pacing and tension that had me eager to see how this particular journey to the Olympics would play out.
It's very easy to root for these students from Washington, and I understand why the author picked Joe, out of all of them, to be the focal character and the one we spend the most time with. He's got everything you want to see in a feel-good story of people overcoming the odds to achieve something greater than themselves. So, in some ways, you might say this story is a bit predictable or cliche, which isn't totally wrong. But it's told with a compelling voice, and the technical aspects are well done.
It's very easy to root for these students from Washington, and I understand why the author picked Joe, out of all of them, to be the focal character and the one we spend the most time with. He's got everything you want to see in a feel-good story of people overcoming the odds to achieve something greater than themselves. So, in some ways, you might say this story is a bit predictable or cliche, which isn't totally wrong. But it's told with a compelling voice, and the technical aspects are well done.