8.2/10
What can I say about this author? I have read two other books by Mr. Philbrick: The Young Man and the Sea, and Freak the Mighty. Both of those books won my heart! I had extremely high expectations for this book, which probably skewed my view. It is great, but it is not as tremendous as I expected. Read the other two books and you will understand what I mean. That being said, this book had a lot of great story to it and a lot of writers' craft.
If you want to look at informal register dialogue, this is the book! What an incredible job using and explaining the dialect and culture of New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina.
"They come into my care after their momma pass. This you daddy," she says..."
"Della keep a nice kitchen," he says. "We ain't gonna starve."
"Get you up, dawlin'," he says, voice going soft. "Fair don't figure. What's done is done."
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