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A review by reikista
Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport
4.0
The story of a Hawaiian family, beginning with a lost, poor man of Dutch descent and an escaping Tahitian princess, who live in the jungles and begin an empire. The main characters are Pono, a Kahuna, descendant of the two founders, and committed to the land, in love with Duke, who suffers Leprosy, and the granddaughters she has worked to bring back to the island. It is a story of suspense, emotion, and magic.
Learned of Hawaiian history and politics, coffee plantations, leprosy and its treatment, race relations & racism, colonialism, terrorism, heroin, yakuza, south pacific issues, surviving in the jungle, Hawaiian geography and legends, magical realism; relations with Philippines, Japanese, Chinese.
Learned of Hawaiian history and politics, coffee plantations, leprosy and its treatment, race relations & racism, colonialism, terrorism, heroin, yakuza, south pacific issues, surviving in the jungle, Hawaiian geography and legends, magical realism; relations with Philippines, Japanese, Chinese.