Very informative about a time in history that I knew nothing about, and I love how it shows how the same events are interpreted differently by the different characters. Caleb's navel-gazing made the end a little bit slow and anticlimactic, though.

very good

Many of the reviewers seem to be confusing this novel with the novel of the same name by Alan Brennert.

A very good book. Very long and it went on and on, but it was a good story. I, again, learned something about a piece of history I had not known about before. Hard to imagine this kind of story really happened back in the day.

A well written chance to prolong my vacation time in Hawaii. Although Kauai is much nicer than the Molokai period that was covered in the book. I enjoyed learning more about Hanson's disease and how it was handled during the late 1800's and early 1900's in Hawaii.

I enjoyed this book. As an RN I am always fascinated my medical issues in prior centuries and how they dealt with them. It is sad to think that someone can be sent away, even in such a beautiful place as Hawaii, and not have any idea what the future holds. I just can’t imagine what Rachel went through, always being pushed away because of her disease. Beautiful story.

This book concerns itself with a small 6 month time period in 3 people’s lives on Molokai. Uses a lot of Hawaiian terminology and very descriptive storytelling. Not quite as interesting as other books about the Island.

Loved this book. I'd like to see it made into a movie.

One of my all time favorite books.

An insight into the lepers of Hawaii during 1800's.

Everyone in my bookclub loved this book

This book really drew me in more than I expected it to. It quickly grasped ahold of me and I really felt for the characters in this book. Learning about this piece of history through such a beautifully written book was eye opening.