headrook 's review for:

Tommo and Hawk by Bryce Courtenay

3.0

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While I enjoyed this follow-up to The Potato Factory, it was another take on the storyline that didn't focus on the characters that I love so much, Ikey and Mary. Nothing in Courtenay's stories allow for characters' happiness to last for long. And being that the reviews for the third book in the series had poor comments, I knew I wasn't going to read it so I should have stopped at the second to last chapter of this book where everything seemed to be nice and tidy at the end. Still, the writing was impeccable and I really cared for the characters. However, there is a rhythm of heartache and misery that becomes predictable. End the story before the last chapter and you'll end at a point that will leave you satisfied.