The great mass of familial documentation was overwhelming.

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	• Lost Man's River Peter Matthiessen Vintage, 1998 - 560 pages average customer review:based on 18 reviews view larger image
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The great mass of familial documentation was overwhelming.

I am an avid fan of Peter Matthiessen, and eagerly anticipated "Lost Man's River". After reading 150 to 200 pages, I began to wonder what he was getting at with the monumental absorbtion in the trivia of names, relationships, and memories. As I progressed further, waiting fruitlessly for either some fuller character development or an essential story line to take shape, my disappoinment began to mount. By the time I finished, I am saddened to report that I felt cheated. The encyplopedic attention to detail required to give full attention to the book, does not fulfill it's end, nor is the final surprise a justifiable finale to the mind boggling littany of detail to which we are exposed. Hopefully, the final volume of the trilogy will restore the interest so greatly initiated by "Killing Mr. Watson".

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Picks up where Mr. Watson left off, and goes way beyond

Matthieson has one of the most unique and evocative writing styles, and for a person who grew up in NYC, his ability to write in the voices of denizens of the everglades is amazing. It gets a little slow at certain points, as some of the same ground is gone over many times - but once you finish, you realize that this repetitiveness is exactly what the main character's obsession with his father's death would lead too: he just can't let go; he needs to keep at it, no matter the cost. And what a cost. Overall, I loved it. I can't wait for the last installment of the triology.

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