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emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No
hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was such a fantastic read. All the characters are so fleshed out and relatable and tragic in their own ways. Highly recommend the audiobook!
challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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DID NOT FINISH: 17%

The prose didn’t do it for me. Every sentence was stretched out unnecessarily, some descriptions were really gross for no reason and some words felt really out of place within a book that tries to feel very literary (the word ‘tits’ came up 3 times already). One character speaks ‘cool’ English but his sentences often make little sense to me, but at the same time the other characters feel indistinguishable. The story itself isn’t bad whatsoever, but the prose meant I wasn’t enjoying reading this. 
challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ehhh idk didn’t hit. Started strong but then kinda went no where. I honestly don’t know if I liked any of the characters. Appreciate the attention to Hawaiian culture though 

Such a beautiful book. Well written and has a poetic nature to it.
inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes