You know, Grann never disappoints but this one just didn't do it for me as much as the rest. Once the book picked up and the shipwreck, mutiny, and murders started happening, it was enthralling and flabbergasting and everything I ever expected. But BEFORE we get to these critical events, the book drags through almost tangential discussion of so much sea talk... I could do without. 

Perfect for zipping through and cringing at every bad medical decision made along their forlorn path