Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
⭐️ ⭐️ 

I knew nothing about this book going into it - it appeared on my radar by a YouTube Book Reviewer that I stumbled across. It was a five-star read for her and she mentioned that it was a “Barack Obama Book of the Year” so I decided to give it shot as I’d been trying expand my horizons and shake my genres up a bit. 🦈 

Let’s just say I finished the story and I still don’t know anything about it. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 

What I can tell you:

Set in Hawaii, this story follows a family who is given a rare gift when their son, Nainoa falls off a cruise ship into the ocean and instead of being eaten alive by sharks, he’s delivered back to his Mother by the sharks. From there, he’s given a gift and the story then follows his life and gift — even when the gift stops giving. 

It also follows the lives of his two siblings; Dean, his brother who is trying to make it in the world of collegiate sports and Kaui, his sister who just wants to find a place anywhere in the world.

Ultimately, something ends up happening which creates panic and devastation, and then it just sort of spirals out of control until the ending. 🌪 

Again, I’m gonna be honest here…Maybe I’m just not intellectual enough to understand/appreciate the book or maybe because I listened via audiobook versus physically reading it? Or maybe I just really hated it and it’s really a bad story..but this is a two star review for me. No doubts about it. 🤔 

I’d give it a 1 star, however; I did finish it and I did like some of the storyline in the beginning and the relationships between the siblings - their unrelenting love and rivalry. 

So, yeah..if you’re in for a wild ride where you’re not really sure what’s happening..this book is for you!