One of my friends recommended The Boys in the Boat at the end of last year. This was essentially my summer read by the pool and down in Delaware. A nice, interesting, slow read.
The Boys in the Boat is about exactly what is on the cover: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The book focuses on Joe Rantz, who comes from a poor, rural area and develops into a college-educated Olympic rower. It is not just about Rantz though, as it focuses on a number of guys attempting to make the varsity team at the University of Washington and then the Olympics.
The story is cool and has some parallels to Unbroken. My only knock against the book is there is a lot of background. A lot. Like when describing a scene, talking about what is on the radio. I am sure a lot of effort and research went into these kind of details, but at the same time, they are not necessary. However, if/when this gets made into a movie, those little details will save someone else a ton of time and make the scenes much more accurate.
My rating for The Boys in the Boat: 3.5 stars out of 5. Get it here.
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