A review by nancydrew
The Lost Boys of Montauk by Amanda M. Fairbanks

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

1.75

You can't help but sense the author patting herself on the back for "exploring" this tragedy of four men lost at sea, however, the author's clumsy prose, gratuitous details ("he would even have sex with her when she had her period") and reliance on cliches, turns this into exploitation as opposed to exploration.  Similarly, the author's descriptions of the Maidstone club set in juxtaposition to the "working-class" fisherman is full of tropes and condescension.  In describing two players in the drama, she states that the came from "good-stock".  Who uses such terminology anymore without acknowledging its many biases and limitations?  Sorry, but as one of the author's potential sources who refused to be interviewed said, "The Perfect Storm" has already been written.