"Guevarra's Aloha Compadre is a necessary intervention within the conversation of Latinx transnational migration and is relevant for historians, sociologists, anthropologists, and interdisciplinary scholars alike."
(Ethnic Studies Review) "Aloha Compadre feels grounded and approachable in the way it is written and the story it tells about Latinx in Hawai'i."
(Journal for the Anthropology of North America) "As all superb studies do, this book hints at further research for scholars to investigate. . . . This is an excellent contribution to the study of Hawai'i and of Latinxs and will be of interest to a broad range of scholars." (Pacific Historical Review) "The most extensive qualitative work ever written about Hawai'i's Latino or Latinx population. . . . Guevarra craftily weaves together a multiplicity of themes such as Hawaiian histories, Latinx presences, race and ethnicity, cultural identity, diasporas, labor relations and immigration issues, together with notions of U.S. imperialism, expanding capitalism and settler colonialism, to reveal for the reader the meaning of the Latina/o experience in Hawai'i, past and present. . . . As Boricua Hawaiiana myself, I doubt if this rich and comprehensive work will ever be replicated." - Anthony Castanha (Hawaiian Journal of History) "Guevarra situates Hawaiʻi as a centerpiece of the interaction between Asia and Latin America on U.S. soil, from complicating notions of settler colonialism to chronicling the spread of anti-immigrant sentiment in the 'aloha' state to placing cross-racial unions in the broader formation of a 'local' identity. This is a masterpiece in multiracial analysis and writing!"
- George J. Sánchez (author of Becoming Mexican American: Ethnicity, Culture, and Identity in Chicano Los Angeles, 1900-1) "You simply will not know the full history and context of Hawai'i without reading Aloha Compadre. Rudy Guevarra has gifted us a must-read book on the lives of Hawai'i’s overlooked Latinx communities, who make up over 10% of the population. Through poignant prose and sharp analysis, Guevarra illuminates the movement of Latinx communities across Oceania as they create a Pacific Latinidad."
- Nitasha Tamar Sharma (author of Hawai'i Is My Haven: Race and Indigeneity in the Black Pacific) “Aloha Compadre sets a new standard for the history of the Latinx diaspora in Hawai’i.”
- Luis Alvarez (author of The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance during World War II)
