A NetGalley e-book in exchange for an honest review.
I wanted to like this book. Set in Hawaii, a Special Forces veteran for a main character, and murder mystery genre. It had all the right ingredients but failed in execution for me.
Sam “Pono” Hawkins, the Special Forces veteran, is a character I have seen before and executed much better. He is supposed to be a great ladies man but there is no connection between the women he sleeps with other then, hey I think I will sleep with her, doesn’t matter I left another girl in my bed.
The plot was *squirrel* interesting but at the same time *squirrel* so disjointed that it *squirrel* was hard to read. Yes, everything did seem to loop back in to join the rest of the story but *squirrel* I just couldn’t really immerse myself in the story.
The language used was even more horrific. I have visited Hawaii on several occasions and I promise that the native Hawaiians I met did not speak in grammatically butchered English to the extent that was in this story. It also was not consistent enough to be a specific character quirk.
2.5 stars is my rating because the mystery was good, the politics playing out was interesting (even if a bit forcefully overdone at times). It was decently fast paced, especially when you skim by the lists that pepper throughout the book (seriously, lists?!?! That is not a good way to cover word count)
I wanted to like this book. Set in Hawaii, a Special Forces veteran for a main character, and murder mystery genre. It had all the right ingredients but failed in execution for me.
Sam “Pono” Hawkins, the Special Forces veteran, is a character I have seen before and executed much better. He is supposed to be a great ladies man but there is no connection between the women he sleeps with other then, hey I think I will sleep with her, doesn’t matter I left another girl in my bed.
The plot was *squirrel* interesting but at the same time *squirrel* so disjointed that it *squirrel* was hard to read. Yes, everything did seem to loop back in to join the rest of the story but *squirrel* I just couldn’t really immerse myself in the story.
The language used was even more horrific. I have visited Hawaii on several occasions and I promise that the native Hawaiians I met did not speak in grammatically butchered English to the extent that was in this story. It also was not consistent enough to be a specific character quirk.
2.5 stars is my rating because the mystery was good, the politics playing out was interesting (even if a bit forcefully overdone at times). It was decently fast paced, especially when you skim by the lists that pepper throughout the book (seriously, lists?!?! That is not a good way to cover word count)