Identify Regarding Books Hawkes Harbor
| Title | : | Hawkes Harbor |
| Author | : | S.E. Hinton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 289 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2005 by Tor Books (first published January 1st 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Horror. Paranormal. Vampires. Fantasy. Young Adult |
S.E. Hinton
Paperback | Pages: 289 pages Rating: 3.12 | 2584 Users | 369 Reviews
Relation As Books Hawkes Harbor
An orphan and a bastard, Jamie Sommers grew up knowing he had no hope of heaven. Conceived in adultery and born in sin, Jamie was destined to repeat the sins of his parents--or so the nuns told him. And he proved them right. Taking to sea, Jamie sought out danger and adventure in exotic ports all over the world as a smuggler, gunrunner--and murderer. Tough enough to handle anything, he's survived foreign prisons, pirates, and a shark attack. But in a quiet seaside town in Delaware, Jamie discovered something that was enough to drive him insane-and change his life forever. For it was in Hawkes Harbor that Jamie came face to face with the ultimate evil....List Books Concering Hawkes Harbor
| Original Title: | Hawkes Harbor |
| ISBN: | 0765344726 (ISBN13: 9780765344724) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Jamie Sommers |
| Setting: | Delaware(United States) |
Rating Regarding Books Hawkes Harbor
Ratings: 3.12 From 2584 Users | 369 ReviewsCritique Regarding Books Hawkes Harbor
I definitely prefer Hintons YA to her adult fic - Ive consistently found it better quality literature. That said, this was well outside her typical genre and I was intrigued. I thought it couldve been a little stronger - I wanted some more information on how vampires work in this world, and the constant jumping back and forth in time made it really hard to concentrate on the narrative (as well as keep facts straight) - but on the whole the characters were strong and the story kept me interested.I hate this book. But I love the ending. (SPOILERS)I really hated the start. My mother was an orphan and it brought up bad memories of stories she had told me, and then it got a tad confusing as things switch back and forth, you can't always reliably tell who is speaking, and I admit I didn't pay enough attention to the dates when they were listed. . . They kept insisting Jamie was having memory issues, couldn't remember who he was, all the while showing us he very much remembered who he was and
This book is kind of a mess, y'all. The first third is mostly about Jamie's life on the ocean, running scams or just working on boats with his best friend Kell. In the middle third, Jamie's in an asylum, with flashbacks to the events that put him there - being tortured by an ancient vampire and being shot nearly to death by the sheriff over a misunderstanding. Then he's taken out of the asylum BY the vampire, who's no longer a "bad" vampire and apparently does not need human blood to survive,
Its so bad I just... I have no words. No words can describe. It has truly mastered the art of being both confusing and shameful to S.E. Hintons
Really?The woman who wrote The Outsiders wrote this mess of a novel. Ok, I am no longer under any illusion that The Outsiders is great literature. I appreciate it for what it is, but I can see its faults too. I also cut S.E. Hinton some slack, as she wrote The Outsiders when she was 16. She was all grown up when she wrote this one, so I don't know what her excuse is.She's still basically writing about the same character: handsome young man; difficult childhood; no parental figures; lives rough
I didn't have high hopes for this but it was pretty bad. I can't bring myself to dive into a full critique, because as another reviewer here said, I have a 'near religious' love for SE Hinton based on her first books. I'll just reread The Outsiders or Rumblefish as a palette cleanser I guess.
I was a very big S.E. Hinton reader as a kid so I was surprised when I learned she had published a book recently for an adult audience. Unfortunately it was not as good as I had hoped. The story has a vampire theme but is kind of all over the place. I liked the way the time line of the story was broken up and came together. On the downside it seemed like she tried to make the characters too emotional and searching for deeper meanings where there really was none. I would not recommend this one as
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