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A review by msmouse
The Lost Boys of Montauk by Amanda M. Fairbanks
3.0
This book is a meditation on how one incident can impact a life, or in this case many lives. Its inciting incident isn’t really a mystery: a bad storm and a badly designed, some said unsuitable, boat. Four lives cut short and the people they left behind. But death at sea leaves lingering questions and a lack of closure. What does that do to those left behind?
Despite calling this a narrative nonfiction, the author tends to jump from person to person, interview to interview, trying to answer that question. I enjoyed the book, but at times I found the structure trying. Occasionally, I’d lose track of how this person’s story relates to the larger affair. 2.5 stars, but I recommend the book overall.
PS: this isn’t important to the main story, but there’s something SO uniquely American when someone calls a person a “druggie” because he smokes pot with his wife sometimes. It’s so jarring
Despite calling this a narrative nonfiction, the author tends to jump from person to person, interview to interview, trying to answer that question. I enjoyed the book, but at times I found the structure trying. Occasionally, I’d lose track of how this person’s story relates to the larger affair. 2.5 stars, but I recommend the book overall.
PS: this isn’t important to the main story, but there’s something SO uniquely American when someone calls a person a “druggie” because he smokes pot with his wife sometimes. It’s so jarring