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A review by rosemaryandrue
Boston Strong: A City's Triumph Over Tragedy by Dave Wedge, Casey Sherman
dark
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
3.25
This is the story of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, told from the perspectives of the civilians and police officers who were there that day.
A few days ago I watched from my window as an endless stream of marathoners ran past, cheered on by the masses of people who'd showed up to watch despite the drizzly day. I live just a couple of miles from the finish line in Copley Square, so people were looking pretty haggard but thrilled as they passed me. It's an exciting day, and an emotional one.
I've lived in Boston for a number of years, but when the bombing occurred I was in India, and followed the story through the newspapers - and consequently got a pretty fractured view of the story. As such, I liked that this book laid everything out in an easy-to-follow timeline. The authors interviewed plenty of people who were on the scene and did a good job of portraying the emotional rollercoaster that the city went through over the course of the next few days.
However, I thought the narration was somewhat shallow. We learn a bit about the terrorists and the city and the marathon, but we don't really go in-depth about what happened, why, and the reasons that led to things playing out as they did.
A few days ago I watched from my window as an endless stream of marathoners ran past, cheered on by the masses of people who'd showed up to watch despite the drizzly day. I live just a couple of miles from the finish line in Copley Square, so people were looking pretty haggard but thrilled as they passed me. It's an exciting day, and an emotional one.
I've lived in Boston for a number of years, but when the bombing occurred I was in India, and followed the story through the newspapers - and consequently got a pretty fractured view of the story. As such, I liked that this book laid everything out in an easy-to-follow timeline. The authors interviewed plenty of people who were on the scene and did a good job of portraying the emotional rollercoaster that the city went through over the course of the next few days.
However, I thought the narration was somewhat shallow. We learn a bit about the terrorists and the city and the marathon, but we don't really go in-depth about what happened, why, and the reasons that led to things playing out as they did.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Violence