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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
emotional
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence
challenging
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Story of a family touched by something - either magic, or madness.
We follow a mother and three children, later teenagers, and people, who are in a rut born of desperation and poverty. Lonely people plagued by expectations, and circumstance, they are hard to root for and even harder to connect to.
The book was lyrical, and character voices distinct.
We follow a mother and three children, later teenagers, and people, who are in a rut born of desperation and poverty. Lonely people plagued by expectations, and circumstance, they are hard to root for and even harder to connect to.
The book was lyrical, and character voices distinct.
dark
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was wonderful. Incredibly well written and honest, which I always appreciate. The right balance of magical realism and just regular realistic fiction for me. This one will definitely stick with me for a while!
Also loved the opportunity to learn more about Hawaii and its' native people through reading this book.
Easy five stars!
Also loved the opportunity to learn more about Hawaii and its' native people through reading this book.
Easy five stars!
4.25-4.5
A beautifully unique and intuitive novel, nothing like I've read before! Such lush landscapes and heartbreaking prose that leaves you reeling for more.
A beautifully unique and intuitive novel, nothing like I've read before! Such lush landscapes and heartbreaking prose that leaves you reeling for more.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
a revelation of a novel. the momentum of the narrative from the beginning pushed in a direction that my gut dreaded from the first couple pages - i don’t say this as a bad thing but rather the opposite, the story had clarity and a truthfulness to it. reading pidgin felt as easy as breathing. falling between each character’s pov chapters was like rolling over, sighing, inhaling the skin of each person from the page. what a heartbreaking and haunting and hopeful novel.
Gorgeously textured book about family and the connectedness between humans and nature.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense