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A review by masteryoda716
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
4.0
A High Wind in Jamaica is a novel that keeps its cards close to the chest then lays out a royal flush at the end.
This was a book that held my interest throughout, though I admit some of that intrigue was supplanted in "Ok...so where is this going? Clearly there has to be more than meets the eye." Thankfully, there is indeed.
Without spoiling anything, I'll say this book has some adventure, including Pirates, the Sea, children out at Sea, etc but that's certainly not the heart of the story. Rather, to me, this was about trust, society, justice and injustice, and childhood both as we experience it and how we remember it; which may not always be the same thing.
This was a book that held my interest throughout, though I admit some of that intrigue was supplanted in "Ok...so where is this going? Clearly there has to be more than meets the eye." Thankfully, there is indeed.
Without spoiling anything, I'll say this book has some adventure, including Pirates, the Sea, children out at Sea, etc but that's certainly not the heart of the story. Rather, to me, this was about trust, society, justice and injustice, and childhood both as we experience it and how we remember it; which may not always be the same thing.