A review by alenert
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was so freaking good.

Audio is great. It had me audibly reacting alone in my room. “WHAT?!” at the start of the Olympic race. Like, how was it THAT CRAZY??? “THAT’S THE END??!” when the narrator said “Epilogue.” Their bond 🥹

TW: Hitler Germany, Nazi propaganda in action, antisemitism, war, child neglect/abandonment

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment

Moderate: Xenophobia, Genocide, Religious bigotry, Grief, Bullying, Death of parent, War, Emotional abuse, Classism, Antisemitism, and Child abuse

Minor: Cultural appropriation, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, and Medical content