In the reviews of Zeitoun, I thought that Timothy Egan got a message out of the book that Eggers wanted. He mentioned how Eggers showed the damage Katrina and the government had rather than telling it which made the book more powerful. He seemed to think that the calm voice Eggers used throughout the book made it more impactful on the reader, which is correct. Valerie Martin had an opinionated view on the book and viewed the first half of it as “not beautifully written” and went on to say how overly sweet it was. I didn’t really agree with that and I think that her review was a poor review on the book as a whole. The other review gave a lot of incite to the different sides of the book and all the issues dealing with the time period. It also helped that he knew Eggers and knew where he was coming from.
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