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Title: A disappointment
Review: Although The Fairest Among Women held my attention until the end, I felt disappointed by the book. The book was entirely centred on its main character, Rosa, with all other characters peripheral and little attention paid to the setting of post-war Israel. The book had an unusual style - I wouldn't describe it as magic realism but it was certainly not a believable, realistic story either. I found it hard to accept that the grossly obese Rosa, "the fattest woman in Israel", could also be so incredibly beautiful. The author appeared to be trying to make Rosa a character who was extreme in every way, but it just seemed bizarre ... maybe I didn't get the whole concept of the book. I thought the premise of the book was good but I did not enjoy the way it was executed.
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