Title: What a letdown!
Review: The blurb on this book sounded terrific. The actual book was bad! The writing was stilted, the characters shadowy and unreal. The heroine whas too much just that, a heroine. I expected her to appear in a Wonder Woman outfit at any moment, except that it wouldn't have been modest enough for her Orthodox Jewish persona. There were no shades of gray in the characters - either all good or all bad. And are we really expected to believe that such stereotyped characters really exist? Ms. Mirvis paints the small, tight Orthodox Jewish community as not only small town, but small minded, and not only ready but eager to destroy anyone who isn't like them. As a Jew, it made me uncomfortable. I'm sure there really are women such as these, but do they really need to be Jewish? The author makes some good points about needless gossip, about jumping to conclusions, etc. However, I think she felt she had to bludgeon the reader with her opinions. A little subtlety would have been nice.
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