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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
A fantastic story about family, parenting, death, and ancestry and how decisions from those in the past can continue to influence our lives. Hemmings writes about Matthew King who is an attorney in Hawaii who became one of the largest landowners in Hawaii along with all of his cousins because his ancestors married a Hawaiian princess. King has to navigate the responsibility of being the manager of the land trust and how that will impact his life, his immediate family's life, the lives of his extended family, and the Islands and community that surround or inhabit the land. With all this on his shoulders he's trying to learn how to be a responsible father of two struggling teenage daughters while his wife is in the hospital struggling to survive after a major accident. The story is insightful, enlightening, and relatable as King frequently feels clueless as to what to do and how to make the best choices in a tumultuous life.
Not bad but not great. I thought the book oversimplified the characters and plot. It ended up feeling very contrived to me.
I really enjoyed this book. Poetic, melodramatic, powerful.
Wanted to read book before saw movie...now REALLY want to watch movie. Awesome story, and can totally imagine Clooney in role...without as much of a stretch as everyone said it was.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
there were parts of this book where i was quite captivated but....the main issue was i REALLY disliked all the characters. i wasn't so worried for their happiness because they all seemed selfish, disillusioned, and miserable. i don't get what all the fuss is about...but now i am interested to see the movie and what they did with it.
So much better than the movie. Glad I read this first.
Well-written. I liked the perspective. Even though a tragic story, the humor kept me engaged.
A bit of a harder edge than the movie version. The characters aren't as likable at first, but they grow into fuller, more real-seeming people.