RaveCalifornia Review of BooksSly and captivating ... Pandya masterfully builds three distinct family units ... Issues of race and class are clearly obvious from the first pigheaded teenboy taunt, but they go lots deeper than mere name-calling ... There’s little moralizing ... Our Beautiful Boys is not into easy answers ... Beyond the attuned cultural criticism, Pandya also has great insight for the mechanics, struggles, and mirages of marriage.
David Grann
RaveCalifornia Review of Books[An] unbelievable odyssey ... A pretty critic-proof book. A page-turner thanks to the amazing twists and turns the ever smaller crew of the Wager suffers (passages about typhus and scurvy are particularly affecting), what’s most striking is how much Grann keeps writerly moves out of the way ... Harrowing ... Keen.
