by James A. Michener
Interesting book, but rather boring.
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Michener writes in a clunky style and with mostly wooden dialogue--and yet I kept turning the pages and found this an amazing reading experience. I've read that Michener was an inspiration for both Rutherford and Uris, and I can see the family resemblance in novels of theirs such as Sarum and Exodus...
You guys, I finally finished Michener. This is a big deal. Let’s be clear: Big books don’t scare me. The unabridged Les Mis is one of my favorites. I’m a fast reader. That being said, it took me almost a month to finish James A. Michener’s Hawaii. Here’s why: Hawaii is an epic. There’s no other...
OK, I just couldn't finish this book. 600 pages in and I just quit caring about another wave of new characters. It's laborious to read just because of the extra verbiage. I made it through 100 pages of no characters, just volcanic begetting, another few hundred pages of doomed people fighting ope...
I picked up this book in the library and one of the things I noticed first about the book was that the edges of the pages have become soft from the hands and fingers of hundreds of readers. The book has been rebound in one of those lovely flat blue library covers. In the back Marsha left her phone...
I've never read Michener's work before, but this book left me awed with his knowledge of history and storytelling ability. The book begins with a brief section on the formation of the islands, then plunges into a novella (100 pages) about the arrival of the original Polynesian settlers. After that, ...
it's long and time consuming, but i enjoyed nearly every page of it. he says so much about so much (colonialism, religion, politics, race, history) and i love his detail. it makes for a long book, but i always find him worth it.
Long, long book. In places, very, very descriptive. Enjoyed, though, enjoyed it. Just too, too many words. Kind of like this review!
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