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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 You have to live here to believe it. Aug 31, 2009
After 13 years on Kauai, being a family man 'haole' raising my 2 young children here in one of the epic centers of racial hate, Hanapepe Valley, one can only say say you have to live here first to fully understand and believe this book.
It does hit the mark, and though there were mis-spellings, and some extrapolations on incidents, this probably comes from utter frustration and disbelief. It only gives just a few of the incidents, but this is an 'every day' situation here. They call it Hawaii's dirty little secret. This is one of the most beautiful islands in the pacific, with some of the nicest residents you could find, but there is a large pocket of them who fit this 'old guard' belief. Most are not Hawaiians, believe it or not, but mixed raced asian immigrants claiming 'Hawaiian ancestry'. Racism is 'poverty of the mind', bitterness toward change, and a need to 'belong or have membership' towards something you can universally hate together. It is a virus, taught from parent to children. Very sick, and it's time is well past and over in 2009. This from a man who has lived with remote islanders in the South Pacific, Australia's aboriginals, as well as Birmingham, Alabama.
Good for you Sommer. It's about time someone stood up and called it what it is.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Disappointing: Poorly Written and Misses the Mark Jul 21, 2009
Not only is this book poorly written, but the author fails to understand the nuances of the local culture. He is just another mainlander who measures island culture against dominant-culture mainland notions. Hawai'i is not perfect but Mr. Sommer tries to sensationalize a couple isolated events.
2 of 6 found the following review helpful:
A dime novel and not even worth that! Mar 09, 2009
A friend of mine (who bought the book at a store in Kauai) loaned it to me and asked my opinion about it. Well, here goes. It is a poorly written dime novel: a cheap melodramatic and sensational novel. This is a very amateurish piece of work replete with lots of "dark and stormy night" types of cliches e.g. "She invariably wore a brightly covered scarf on her neck to disguise the loose skin waddle of age on her throat." This author has never met a tired old expression he didn't like. "(Baptiste)Shaped somewhat like a brown Pillsbury Doughboy ,bald with a wispy moustache..." Good grief!
This is a story about alleged corruption within the county government and police department of Kauai. One gets the impression that the author is one of those local disgruntled small town citizen irritants who was snubbed or slighted by the local government or police and wanted vengence for the perceived government misdeed i.e. His frustrated efforts in trying to meddle in local government operations. There is nothing in this story that doesn't happen in any other of the hundreds of small counties in the other 49 states. It is a story filled throughout with embellished allegations and unsupported nuances...and the "incidents" he reports are suspect at best and not all that serious in the scheme of the universe. The author seems to be one of those people that every town has, who get overly involved and consumed by local politics. Stuff no one even cares about unless you are personally affected.
The happenings in this story could just as well have occurred in some rural county in the middle of Kansas.
If the intent of this writing was to start a little revolution within Kauai county government and police operations, it has failed miserably. Save your [...] bucks and buy an entertaining DVD instead. This piece is a waste of money.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
The scary truth Feb 18, 2009
All the information/stories in here are true down to the last sentence of the book. Very easy to read. Took my roughly 4 hours to compelete it. It scary that all this is happend and to this day, those officals are still in office. Due to the lack of notifing the public. I've totally turned my perspective around when it comes to the Kauai Council. Me being only 21 years old, it was good to know the unknown history that Kauai has made public. I highly suggest this book to everyone!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
KPD Blues Jan 18, 2009
As a long-time Kaua'i rsident, I found the book (unfortunately) accurately describes the police/political situation on Kaua'i. I say unfortunately, because the book describes corrupt, out of control government entities that have not followed the law for far too long. I can only hope the book will be the impetus for a thorough reformation. But as the book points out, it will not happen as long as Kaua'i keeps electing the same politicians.
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