The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley

This was brought to my attention by Hideo Kojima.

I expected a bit more of this book. It seems to me that the character and relationship of the main characters was too romanticized and did not ring true with the lifestyle they lived. But perhaps that is the whole point of the book - that you truly never know what is in the heart of another person. Although I enjoyed the reading of it, it left me feeling a bit unsatisfied.

I wanted to like this book, but I found it ponderous and patchy. I liked Samuel's story much more than Loo's.

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.