lindz524 's review for:

Hawaii by James A. Michener
4.0

After what felt like half my life, I finally finished. It was long, it dragged by in parts, and the ending was just eh, but you have to give the man 4 stars just for writing the thing in the first place. Also, I can't read a thousand pages and not rate it above 3 stars or else why I'm the world did I keep reading it? As someone who just moved to hawaii, I really appreciated the history and culture presented in the book. While I would have liked to see more about some stuff basic to Hawaii (like the wars between islands, or the last monarchy) and less about the missionaries, I get that there is only so much space and time. Too bad there isn't a part 2 to take us from the 50s to today.