This was a thorough investigative account, but not wholly satisfying. The cast of "characters" involved was large; details that were mentioned about people's personal lives (such as what one person's spouse or another was doing during the storm) were left lying so long that it was difficult to come back to them later and remember them. The immediacy draws the reader in for most of the book, but the attempted switch to a larger perspective by bringing Sandy into the epilogue felt a bit awkward to me. All in all, this was an interesting account of recent events, but I think my favorite for the Carnegie in this category is remaining The Bully Pulpit.
Overall: B+