While I thought the illustration in this book was beautiful and effective as a storytelling medium, the way the text presented the story and related information was disjointed and jarring. The first half of the book is told as a proper story, mysterious and powerful, but then it suddenly changes tone and simply begins sharing facts and related opinions, with no transition. The abrupt change ultimately felt unnecessary once I reached the end, which included an entire section describing the history of the story's subject in more detail. I like the way the book was written in both Niihau (a Hawaiian dialect) and English, so that's a point in its favor.