A review by droar
In Waves by A.J. Dungo

5.0

Heartbrakingly beautiful and full of tears. I cried a lot (you know me) but I shan't begrudge it the salt, it was earned. Dungo talks about illness and love, grief and surfing, and living, this one always circles back around to living in a way that feels both unbearably sad and hopefully light at the same time. It's a mix of Kristen's story, his long ill girlfriend who eventually succumbs to her cancer, and the story of surfers in the 1800's-1950's. If you told me the premise I wouldn't have expected it to work nearly so well as it does, he weaves the two halves together so well. Very much so worth your time.