Hawaii

Excellent book, a fun sprawling epic read. Perfect for reading on vacation in Hawaii. The book is sort of ridiculously epic and long and a bit potboilery. It also occupies that uncomfortable part of historical fiction where it's easy to confuse the narrative fiction for historical fact. But it's a lot of fun. The book is intensely Americana, heavily relying on themes of the melting pot vs. fighting against racist injustice. It's a lot of fun. I'd love to read the same book written by a woman and told from a feminine perspective.