Sharks in the time of saviors review5/28/2023 ![]() But midway through, the story does a perfect, gradual pirouette to become both a tighter, smaller story about the struggles of a complex, flawed family while also expanding into this much, much bigger, weirder, older story about Hawaii itself. ![]() Magical healers, old Hawaiian gods, sharks rescuing children. ![]() sethįrom the outset of this incredible debut novel, I really thought I knew what sort of book I was getting into. A thoroughly unexpected, gorgeous, and devastating novel that I truly loved every single word of. Right out of the gate it's filled with magical healers, old Hawaiian gods, and sharks with unharmed kids in their mouths - feels pretty weird, right? But - without giving even an ounce of anything away - it does such an amazing, beautiful pivot - a perfect pirouette - right in the middle, becoming both a tighter, smaller story about the struggles of an incredible, vividly real family while also expanding into this much, much bigger, weirder, older story about Hawaii itself. I foolishly thought that I knew the road this novel was taking me on & what type of a book I was reading when I began. ![]()
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