A review by geezchloe
The Night Marchers and Other Oceanian Tales by

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

Lackluster. Out of the 17 stories, I only liked 4 (The tyrant has horns, Kapo’i and the owl, the legend of the coconut tree, and Pele and Poliahu). I grew up with the majority of these stories and from the description of the book, I was excited to have a creepy little romp through some of my favorite myths. That’s not what I got. The stories were either overly sentimental, ugly to look at, confusing and disjointed in their storytelling, or mix of all three. I’m going to give the creators the benefit of the doubt; maybe they are really competent storytellers but because it was a collaborative project they didn’t have enough space to flesh out their stories. I hoping that’s the case cause this was just disappointing.