A review by madeline_the_terrible
He Mele A Hilo (A Hilo Song) by Ryka Aoki

3.0

I have mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, the characters are rich and the setting is beautiful. I love that Aoki wrote so much in Hawaiian pidgin. She wasn't trying to make her story accessible - she simply told her story and trusted the audience to get it. On the other hand, the plot is extremely thin and the story felt fractured at times. Don't read this with the expectation of interesting twists and turns.