1.5 ⭐️

I rarely enjoy non-fiction. This is unfortunately NOT an exception.

In the books defense, I’ve never been a big fan of pirate stories or seafaring adventures. This is just a more boring version of a lot of those.

I like David Grann because he novelizes a real event and makes it feel like a story. This was definitely a story. Just not a story I cared about.

The exploration of human desperation and the lengths they’ll go to survive was interesting. It was dark, but it was the most engaging part of the book.

Again, this is actually a very good book. It just isn’t a topic I care about. 😬