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Review title: A big disappointment
Product review: The reviews and praise for this book have been misleading. After having read several books by Chaim Potok, Naomi Ragen, and Nathan Englander, I was very disappointed by Allegra Goodman's novel. Potok, Ragen, and Englander actually have lived in and know the Orthodox communities.On the other hand, I don't think Goodman really knows what she is describing. Not only does Goodman portray the Orthodox community inaccurately, but I did not feel any empathy for her characters. I suspect that the Orthodox community she is describing would not have eaten Barton's chocolates or Hebrew National meat. Nor would I have expected a woman to be left alone with a man in a room.Similarly to other reviewers here, I kept hoping that I would like the book and that something would happen in the narrative that would make me enthusiastically recommend it to others.Oh well, there will be other books...
