Sharks in the Time of Saviors

“But that’s the problem with the present, it’s never the thing you’re holding, only the thing you’re watching, later, from a distance so great the memory might as well be a spill of stars outside a window at twilight.”

I love a book that forces you to slow down and reckon with its pages. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good page turner as well, but there is nothing quite like that feeling when all the right notes just hit: great characters, interesting plot, and beautiful writing. Sharks in the Time of Saviors had it all. A story about a family from Hawai’i grappling with grief and disconnection from their land due to colonization and tourism. It is told through each members POV (always a favorite of mine when done well). There is so much to love about this novel. There are so many things it gives the reader to think about. What does home mean? What does it mean to come home after time spent away? Who are you without the thing that makes you great? What if the thing that makes you great just ends up destroying you? What if you can’t live up to it? What are the things you leave unsaid when you talk to family about all the hurts you have put each other through?

A lovely novel, if you like family epics told with multiple points of view I highly recommend this backlist gem.

[ID: My hand holes up Sharks in the Time of Saviors against a backdrop of a beautiful Tahitian beach.]

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