had the worst time trying to become interested. i am going to reread. because it may be me not in the proper mood. ( )

Dash, a man betrayed by his fiance, is flying alone in a jet to the honeymoon destination in the Pacific. A tribe on a tiny Pacific island is victimized by white men who steal their 10 year old girls and kill anyone who gets in their way. They come together when Dash, sole survivor of the plane crash in the ocean, floats onto the island severely injured and is saved by the tribe. But what do they save him for. Many hate him because he is white. They fear their gods and the white man. Is this a formula for humor? Not in my book.

Dash is a man who has the self-image of a victim. The tribe has allowed itself to be victimized, because they see no other way out. Except for Tiki, a 10 year old girl, who can hardly wait to get off the island. Tiki was definitely my favorite character - she had some spunk. Dash makes friends with a god who has lost his people and is grieving for them. The god also feels he can do nothing. But one of the most enduring topics in the book is that Dash's penis is as dead as a door nail and many things hinge on this fact.

The book is fairly well written, though in the beginning I was a little confused because of the sudden switch from marauding white men to the crashing jet. Also, getting into Dash's miserable thoughts was a mite dizzying in the middle of a diving jet. All he ever had were miserable and unhappy thoughts. The description of the crashing jet was very well done, I definitely had second thoughts about getting on a jet.

If you like to read about unhappy people who think only about all the unhappy things and awful people in their lives, then this book is for you.

This is my first early review and I am very grateful for the opportunity. Received as an e-book. ( )

The story is a clever idea and the writer's language and phrasing are good. But, I found it quite hard to stick to it. The book really seemed to slow down about a 1/5th in and didn't pick up (if you can call it that) until around 4/5th. You could take out a big chunk of the book and not miss anything.
I really didn't like the way the author ended the book. He waited until the last page (I kidd you not) - actually, the last sentence - to deliver the punch line.
I wanted to know what happened at the end - but was left with a vague sentence. I wanted to know what happened AFTER the solders but that was totally missing. ( )