A review by fromtheyellowchair
How the Hula Girl Sings by Joe Meno

2.0

I had high hopes for this after reading The Boy Detective Fails but I was disappointed. The characters and story (which didn't really get started till about 100 pages in) were interesting but the uneven writing was distracting. All the imagery and motifs (birds, eyes, red hair) felt forced and disconnected from the rest of the book and they added nothing. The point of view shifted in ways that made no sense at all- how did Luce know what Junior was dreaming about?
I think this could have been an amazing book but the writing just wasn't strong enough to carry whatever lofty message it was meant to deliver.