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mattstebbins 's review for:
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
by Hannah Tinti
I'm torn on this review. Do I think the narrative structure was well-developed? Certainly. Did I appreciate the nods to other works? Definitely. But ultimately Tinti's work couldn't get past my general distate for these sorts of grit lit (if you want to call it that) works. The tragic anti-hero hero sorts just aren't my cup of tea. Also, if I were a slower reader, there's no way I would have finished this; 372 pages was probably 100 pages too long.
But I can appreciate what I think Tinti was trying to do and Loo was certainly an interesting character, even if the rest of the cast mostly felt underdeveloped. (How that is possible with only a handful of major characters in a nearly 400-page book, I'm not sure.)
[3.5 stars minus a half-star for length is 3 stars.]
But I can appreciate what I think Tinti was trying to do and Loo was certainly an interesting character, even if the rest of the cast mostly felt underdeveloped. (How that is possible with only a handful of major characters in a nearly 400-page book, I'm not sure.)
[3.5 stars minus a half-star for length is 3 stars.]