A review by blevins
Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle That Set Them Free by Hector Tobar
5.0
This is a great piece of journalism from Hector Tobar. I don't really watch or pay attention to the news to be honest and I knew absolutely nothing about the book's subject--the Chilean mine disaster and the attempt to rescue them. I had heard of the mine's collapse and that there were men trapped there but I didn't know how many or how long they were buried deep below the earth's surface. For the sake of this book's power, I'm glad I didn't know the story as my ignorance made it riveting, absolutely riveting.
Tobar does a wonderful job telling not only the story of the miners below but their families above and the desperate attempt to get them out that was on the surface. The book is also very touching, as Tobar taps into the notion that these hardworking men who live very ordinary lives working, working, working, went through an extraordinary event that changed them forever. Highly likely my favorite non-fiction book in 2015.
Tobar does a wonderful job telling not only the story of the miners below but their families above and the desperate attempt to get them out that was on the surface. The book is also very touching, as Tobar taps into the notion that these hardworking men who live very ordinary lives working, working, working, went through an extraordinary event that changed them forever. Highly likely my favorite non-fiction book in 2015.