Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley (Tinti) - Book Reviews

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Game of Throne‘s Arya Stark has found her match (or twin) in Loo Hawley, the young heroine of Hannah Tinti’s new novel. Loo’s father, though, is no Ned Stark; Samuel Hawley is a low-level criminal. Even so, despite his violent past, Samuel achieves a surprising nobility, making him one of the most likeable — dare it be said, "admirable" — murderers in fiction. We root for him every step of the way  READ MORE.
P.J. Adler - LitLovers


[A] terrific new novel.…  [Tinti] knows how to cast the old campfire spell. I was so desperate to find out what happened to these characters that I had to keep bargaining with myself to stop from jumping ahead to the end.… Lovely, richly written.… [Tinti is] a gorgeous writer…[with] a profound sense of the complex affections between a man wrecked by sorrow and the daughter he hoped “would not end up like him.”
Ron Charles - Washington Post


A miraculous accomplishment in genre-bending: Not only a gripping American-on-the-run thriller, it’s also a brilliant coming-of-age tale and a touching exploration of father-daughter relationships. Regardless of what your reading tastes are, there’s something here for absolutely everyone.
Newsweek


(Starred review.) [B]eautifully intricate.… [A] convincingly redemptive and celebratory novel: an affirmation of the way that heroism and human fallibility coexist, of how good parenting comes in unexpected packages.
Publishers Weekly


There is enough action and suspense to satisfy thriller fans, but the core of the story is the character development and exploration of relationships common to literary fiction. —Christine DeZelar-Tiedman, Univ. of Minnesota Libs., Minneapolis
Library Journal


(Starred review.) [An] atmospheric, complexly suspenseful saga…with life or death struggles in dramatic settings…and starring a fiercely loving, reluctant criminal and a girl of grit and wonder…a breathtaking novel of violence and tenderness.
Booklist


The daughter of a career criminal explores her family's past along with the family business.… The novel is at its strongest when it focuses on Sam and Lily or Loo.… An accomplished if overstuffed merger of coming-of-age tale and literary thriller.
Kirkus Reviews