The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley
Ratings12
Average rating3.7
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Ratings12
Average rating3.7
"Loo is twelve when she moves back to the New England fishing village of her early youth. Her father, Hawley, finds work on the boats, while she undergoes the usual heartaches of a new kid in school. But lurking over Loo are mysteries, both of the mother who passed away, of the grandmother she's forbidden to speak to. And hurtling towards both father and daughter are the ghosts of Hawley's past. Before Loo's birth, he was a professional criminal engaged in increasingly elaborate and dangerous underworld schemes. Life on the road was harsh - Samuel Hawley took "twelve bullets" in his brutal career. The scars have healed, but there is a reckoning still to come"--
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I really liked this one! While there could have been a little more development to the characters and their interactions, more detail might have bogged down the fast pace. I'll probably read this one a few more times :)
I flew through the last half of this book because it began to build on itself. Tinti intersperses glimpses into Samuel Hawley's life before with chapters from his daughter Loo's perspective, creating a cruel world of Hawley's own design. The book comes across as careless and a bit flippant about violence, but it doesn't diminish the emotional complexity of father-daughter relationships and the lengths people will go to protect their loved ones. It has the kind of pacing that I wish [b:Idaho 30141401 Idaho Emily Ruskovich https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1477489980s/30141401.jpg 50575377] had had.
I wanted to like this book, but I found it ponderous and patchy. I liked Samuel's story much more than Loo's.
