A review by josephsand
Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan

3.0

“You said that the war was a joke. Boys poking each other with sticks.”
“The men who make the wars, yes. But the ones who fight, those beautiful kids… they’re innocents.”

muuuch different than i expected, but mostly in a good way. i think it dragged at certain bits for me because of that expectation but still really well written, and a very immersive story.