The publisher provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
✨Book Review✨
The Book of Atlantis Black by Betsy Bonner
(8.4.20 from Tin House)
"A young woman is found dead on the floor of a Tijuana hotel room. An ID in a nearby purse reads “Atlantis Black.” The police report states that the body does not seem to match the identification, yet the body is quickly cremated and the case is considered closed."
This book was a selection in this year's (virtual) Book Expo Publicist Speed Dating--always my favorite event. The blend of true crime and memoir with allusions to cover ups and conspiracies really caught my attention. Readers are given insight into one family's struggle with mental illness, the spiral of drug abuse by an aspiring musician, and a sister's attempt to make sense of it all. Bonner presents a jumble of questions without any answers, leaving readers just as unmoored as she is from her sister's death (?). Intriguing and heartbreaking, this ode to a sister was likely cathartic but I found it lacking clarification and the author's actions/inactions extremely frustrating.
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