Sharks in the Time of Saviors

A Novel

paperback, 384 pages

Published March 2, 2021 by Picador.

ISBN:
978-1-250-78731-6
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A wow of a first novel that makes you look forward to more while at the same time you worry that anything else will be a disappointment. [a:Kawai Strong Washburn|11350440|Kawai Strong Washburn|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1566579953p2/11350440.jpg] clearly worked hard on this, which you can tell by how effortless it is to read. A glossary would've been nice as there are many Hawaiian words in it, but you'll know what's going on even if you're too lazy to get off the couch and look them up, like I am.
[b:Sharks in the Time of Saviors|57155105|Sharks in the Time of Saviors|Kawai Strong Washburn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1614084115l/57155105.SY75.jpg|70730151] teeters into a genre I dislike—magic realism—but ultimately stays far enough away from that to feel real.
The novel is narrated in five first-person voices, each authentic, and different readers may have different favorites. (Mine was Dean's, but that doesn't mean he was my favorite character.)

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