Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell




Unfamiliar Fishes, by Sarah Vowell, is a very basic history of Hawaii.  If you want to get a flavor of Hawaiian history without delving into longer, more dense tomes, then this is the book for you.

That said, Vowell has a weird and goofy narrative voice.  This voice gets a bit less daft as the book progresses, but never really goes away; it makes you feel less than intelligent.

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