A review by mctmama
Among the Bros: A Fraternity Crime Story by Max Marshall

dark informative tense fast-paced

4.25

A very quick read and more than a little unsettling. Rich, white fraternity boys capitalized on the need for Xanax and cocaine on their College of Charleston campus. Mind numbing that 80 percent of of legislators and 85 percent of Supreme Court justices come from this talent pool. Even more disturbing is the lack of empathy for those who die due to addiction - it is almost like an inconvenience to the party schedule. Although I certainly don’t celebrate anyone’s death the story of Patrick Moffley and his family’s behavior- having another huge drug and alcohol fueled raged on their farm as a “life celebration" when he was gunned down in a drug related robbery did not make me sympathetic to their plight. Apparently as long as the black trigger man was apprehended and punished it did not seem to matter to them or the police that the hit could have been an order from another white “bro”. So many of the defendants in this drug ring are out leading their lives without any implications. Thank you to NetGalley for an advance reader copy. This would make a great Netflix expose. Suburb cover design too - kudos to whoever made that choice!
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