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A review by emmabeckman
The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft by Ulrich Boser
3.0
One of my biggest regrets from the time I lived in Boston was that I only went to the ISG Museum once, and it was for a class where we primarily looked at a special exhibit and spent almost no time in the museum proper.
This book is okay. The writing is a bit self-centered, and of course it is not a very satisfying read because there is still no solution to this mystery. I think the book explores some interesting ideas, but it focuses on the ones that the author deems most credible and therefore misses out on some that could also be possible. For example, I read an article from 3/2/22 from Smithsonian Magazine that discussed Anthony Amore following through on tips that seem highly probable to him, but were names that were only mentioned in passing in this book (or at least, other leads were zeroed in on way more). I think this book lacked a lot of detail, which meant that you were relying on what the author told you a lot more than basing your thoughts on both that and the actual details of different possibilities.
So it was interesting but generally... lacking.
This book is okay. The writing is a bit self-centered, and of course it is not a very satisfying read because there is still no solution to this mystery. I think the book explores some interesting ideas, but it focuses on the ones that the author deems most credible and therefore misses out on some that could also be possible. For example, I read an article from 3/2/22 from Smithsonian Magazine that discussed Anthony Amore following through on tips that seem highly probable to him, but were names that were only mentioned in passing in this book (or at least, other leads were zeroed in on way more). I think this book lacked a lot of detail, which meant that you were relying on what the author told you a lot more than basing your thoughts on both that and the actual details of different possibilities.
So it was interesting but generally... lacking.