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Review Summary: Disappointing |
Date: 2008-09-24 |
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Details: I purchased this book after reading The Chosen. It was not worth the money I paid & I wish I has borrowed it from the library instead.
The story started out well, but after the first 2 or 3 chapters, the story began to drag. The was little to no plot, and not enough substance to the charaters or the story to string things together.
I kept on reading, hoping it would get better, but after 343 pages I put it down.
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Review Summary: Potok Shan't Disappoint |
Date: 2008-04-14 |
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Details: Rabbi Potok once again displays his way with words and realistic portrayal of Jewish youths and their struggles. (Spoiler alert) I love the way that Reuven Malter from The Chosen was incorporated into the plot. This novel received four stars out of five because no book could ever surpass his debut novel, The Chosen. Being Catholic, I was very keen on learning more about the faith from which mine originated. Buy this book, but only after reading The Chosen and My Name Is Asher Lev first. |
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Review Summary: Learning without realizing... |
Date: 2008-01-18 |
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Details: I love all of the books that I have read by Chaim Potok, but Davita's Harp is my favorite and the one that I am mostly likely to recommend. This book is amazing because you get so caught up in Davita's life and her thought processes that you do not realize how much you are learning about history, religion, and culture. I love learning without trying to!
This book is also able to show how a child who is just learning to think on her own views the adults in her life as they evolve and realize who they are and what they value. Through this process, Davita's Harp impresses upon the reader the importance of thinking for yourself and making your own decisions about your values and beliefs. I think this is an important book for people of all ages to read as it reminds us that our values, perspectives, and self-images are fluid and can change as we experience life. |
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Review Summary: A captivating read |
Date: 2007-12-16 |
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Details: Yesterday morning I picked up this book expecting to have a book to read on and off for the next week or so. Not so. I neglected many chores to become engrossed until I finished it. The plot has been reviewed by others so I won't go into it. I feel that life goes slowly and it is okay for a book to go slowly until its conclusion. As coming from a moderatley observant background, but not being very observant myself, and having many close relatives who are very observant, I think that these different manners of belief are well developed in this book.
One small complaint is that the author repeatedly had his characters needing to leave a scene and invariably had them complain of being "tired" so that they could exit. It was a bit overdone, but did not really spoil anything about the plot.
I look forward to handing it to friends with a strong recommendation to read it. |
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Review Summary: A Beautiful Work |
Date: 2007-07-03 |
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Details: I recently happened upon this work and was impressed by the depth of the writers knowledge and feeling. The sory is about a young girl coming of age in the era which sorrounde the Second World War. It is certainly much more than that as it delves into Religion as well as the biases existing therein concerning women and their ability to be disciminated against because of thrir sex. The story is matefully woven throughout. The characters are axtraordinarily well developed and are allowed to evoke real emotions. Perhaps the only weakness is that the writer attempts to give the reader much information to digest in a number of pages are far too brief. Although not a new book, this stands the test of time well and is a most satisfying work. |
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