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onceuponatime's review
fast-paced
I'm not sure I got most of it, except that most things were paired in husband-wife pairs, that the night was very important, and that Hawaii needs to be independent!
lacyparrish's review
Not giving stars to a civilization's creation story ... that just feels wrong. This is a mix of creation story, genealogy and linguistic exploration that reminds me of the Biblical stories in its attempt to capture all of the important pieces of a culture under colonization.
erraticeldandil's review
I'm going to leave this unrated as it is a religious and cultural text I don't understand nearly enough about to make any commentary on. The following is just a description of the experience of reading it as a person with no prior background in the topic.
On the whole this was an interesting read, certainly like not much else I've ever read before. It most closely resembled the "genealogy" portion of the Old Testament of the Bible which those who grew up in Christian traditions may be familiar with. The specific edition I read did not contain any footnotes or explanatory sections which made it a bit difficult to parse. In the future I intend to do a bit more research on the side as I am reading this or find a copy that has a bit more context.
On the whole this was an interesting read, certainly like not much else I've ever read before. It most closely resembled the "genealogy" portion of the Old Testament of the Bible which those who grew up in Christian traditions may be familiar with. The specific edition I read did not contain any footnotes or explanatory sections which made it a bit difficult to parse. In the future I intend to do a bit more research on the side as I am reading this or find a copy that has a bit more context.
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