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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book was really special. I knew from page one that it had that essence I look for in everything I read, and for that alone I want to give it all the stars. I found the format to be so clever and coherent, and really wove together the story and characters in a special way. This is one I picked up off the shelf with exactly zero preconceived notions and I'm so glad that I did.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book tells the story of Samuel and Loo, father and daughter, navigating sedentaryism for the first time in their lives, but what make them nomads in the first place will come to bite them in the a**.
Truly this was a very layered family dynamic, the characters were great, and the mystery as well. My only complain was that the "mystery" is gone a little too early, so I dint think I needed to keep reading the book, given that what kept me reading was me wondering a couple of things, but other than that is a great coming of age story.
I flew through the last half of this book because it began to build on itself. Tinti intersperses glimpses into Samuel Hawley's life before with chapters from his daughter Loo's perspective, creating a cruel world of Hawley's own design. The book comes across as careless and a bit flippant about violence, but it doesn't diminish the emotional complexity of father-daughter relationships and the lengths people will go to protect their loved ones. It has the kind of pacing that I wish [b:Idaho|30141401|Idaho|Emily Ruskovich|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1477489980s/30141401.jpg|50575377] had had.
I found some of this just a bit repetitive but it came good in the end. I liked the characterisation of Loo and Samuel. There were some quirky parts to the story line which i think worked well
This book bounces between the past and the present. The past scenes tell the stories of each of Samuel Hawley's bullet wounds--all twelve of them--while the present lets us in on his current life, trying to leave his past behind while raising his daughter Loo and still mourning the loss of his wife Lily.
The writing in this book was incredibly polished, so much that I re-read certain parts of the story because the descriptions were so vivid. While this is a coming of age story for Loo, it's also a coming from the past into the present story for Hawley. Watching him love his daughter in his own gruff way gave me hope for his personal redemption, as well as for Loo's future. This was an engaging read.
The writing in this book was incredibly polished, so much that I re-read certain parts of the story because the descriptions were so vivid. While this is a coming of age story for Loo, it's also a coming from the past into the present story for Hawley. Watching him love his daughter in his own gruff way gave me hope for his personal redemption, as well as for Loo's future. This was an engaging read.
Lovely story about relationships and growth. Interesting characters. Great read.
This was a different take on a father daughter relationship.
This was a fine thriller, with reason to keep you reading to the last page. Knowing that the twelve lives sort of parallel the labors of Hercules gave it an extra dimension that I enjoyed. There was a fair amount of violence, which the group did not respond well to; but overall, more of them seemed to like it than not.