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A review by charlestonmes
Honolulu by Alan Brennert
3.0
I wanted to give this book five stars. I really did. Unfortunately, it never made it close to the caliber of my five star rated books.
What I didn't like:
-I found Gem's life events a little unbelievable. How could all of her life events fall on to one person??
-It was almost like the author got halfway through the book and instead of ending the story, decided that it would be a good idea to just keep going and going and going.
-What was with all the various characters being introduced only to fade away and then be introduced again chapters later?
-I didn't like that the story jumped around in time. It could be days, months, or years different between paragraphs and chapters.
What I liked:
- Getting to know what Hawaii would have been like back in the early 1900's.
- Learning about the Korean culture.
Overall, this book was "just ok" for me.
What I didn't like:
-I found Gem's life events a little unbelievable. How could all of her life events fall on to one person??
-It was almost like the author got halfway through the book and instead of ending the story, decided that it would be a good idea to just keep going and going and going.
-What was with all the various characters being introduced only to fade away and then be introduced again chapters later?
-I didn't like that the story jumped around in time. It could be days, months, or years different between paragraphs and chapters.
What I liked:
- Getting to know what Hawaii would have been like back in the early 1900's.
- Learning about the Korean culture.
Overall, this book was "just ok" for me.