We get a glimpse of Jamie Sommers’ childhood, then his wild times as a sailor and smuggler.
After the first disc, I thought I’d be listening to the tale of a troubled young man, very similar to those titles I just mentioned. And one of the novels she wrote, in 2004, was Hawkes Harbor. Your reaction will be a very personal thing. In the end, the enjoyment each person will derive from Hawkes Harbor will ultimately be up to that individual's taste. The jumping back and forth will kill off some readers' enthusiasm as will false expectations of what the book is supposed to be about. In staying the course, I found the exploration of different relationships ultimately very satisfying. I was ready to put it down in the middle due to the disjointed recollection of past events, but wanted to stay with it due to the book's relatively short length. In the final analysis, I found the book very rewarding. In this exploration of perception and misperception is where there is some common ground with Hinton's previous, more well known works. There are certainly some exciting and terrifying moments, but more importance is placed on how people change and the evolution of their interpersonal relationships. What the novel truly ends up focused on are relationships between Jamie and other characters and how those relationships change. Once involved in the book, it doesn't read like a normal supernatural thriller or romance in the vein of an Anita Blake novel. Due to some of the reviews and blurbs on the covers, some people will come in with the expectation of a supernatural thriller, but the book doesn't start out like one, instead choosing to set the stage through the flashback scenes.
Whether or not the feeling is on purpose, the disjointedness of the piecemeal recall can be disorienting and disheartening.Īlso, as with the expectation of Rumble Fish quality, the reader may be confounded by expectation of plot and/or genre. There is a lot of jumping back and forth in time as the main character, Jamie, struggles to remember his past while in a mental institution. However, it does suffer on a couple of points. On its own, Hawkes Harbor actually ends up being a very nice story. Unfortunately, Hawkes Harbor just doesn't live up to The Outsiders, which is unfair to Hawkes Harbor. Show More works that most of us will remember fondly from our younger years.
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